Question

1. Why would some Southerners support a pro-slavery government if they did not believe in slavery? *

3 points
A. They thought slavery should be decided by the state government
B. They preferred to mind their own business
C. They did not like outsiders telling them what to do
D. They did not care what others did

Answer 1

A.

Step-by-step explanation:

In reality, I bet all the answers are at least partly correct.

But the reason (or excuse) that people often gave was that the voters (no black people of course!) of each state should decide if they wanted to allow slavery.

They called it 'Popular Sovereignty' and it was a twisted argument that we could use a democratic process (voting) to decide that a certain class of people would get no democracy at all, or even be recognized as having ANY rights, like the right to not be owned and murdered.