Which answer best shows how the issue of states rights contributed to the start

of the Civil War?

- A. Many Southerners believed the rights of their states were threatened by Norther abolitionists.

- B. Many Southerners believed that states' rights should not extend to slave states.

- C. Many Northerners believed that states rights should not extend to slave states.
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D. Many Northerners believed the rights of their states were threatened by the election of Abraham Lincoln.

1 answer

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