Question

Lincoln feared all of the following possible outcomes if succession were to go unchecked EXCEPT that it would:

a) raise questions of how to divide the national debt between the North and South.
b) inhabit industrial development.
c) mean splitting federally owned territories.
d) lead to an increased number of fugitive slaves.
e) entice Europe to possibly seize American territories.

Answer 1

b) inhabit industrial development.

Step-by-step explanation:

Just after the one month, Lincoln came to the office of the President of the United States, he was facing the problem of secession, which would divide the country. While the Confederacy claimed that secession is their constitutional right, Lincoln refute these claims. He said that it is a fight for democracy and U.S is the only country in the world which profess democracy and any threat to its unity would be seen as a threat to the institution of democracy in the world.

He feared all the options mentioned above except 'b) inhabit industrial development'.