Question

Which of the following best shows how the issue of states’ rights contributed to the onset of the Civil War?
(1 point)
Responses

Many Northerners believed that states’ rights should not extend to slave states.
Many Northerners believed that states’ rights should not extend to slave states.

Many Southerners believed that giving states additional rights would hold back western expansion.
Many Southerners believed that giving states additional rights would hold back western expansion.

Many Southerners believed the rights of their states were threatened by Northern abolitionists.
Many Southerners believed the rights of their states were threatened by Northern abolitionists.

Many Northerners believed the rights of their states were threatened by the election of Abraham Lincoln.

Answer 1

Many Southerners believed the rights of their states were threatened by Northern abolitionists.

Explanation: Southern leaders argued that abolitionists and Northern policies threatened their right to maintain slavery and control their own institutions, and they used states' rights as a justification for secession, helping trigger the Civil War.