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The Southerners knew that the North or the Union wanted to abolish slavery. With the growing friction between the South and the North, they threatened to secede if a Republican became president, which happened when Aberham Lincoln became president. The Southerners feared that their rich southern way of life would end.
The proximate cause was the election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860; white Southerners feared, correctly, that Lincoln would work to end slavery in the US. Slavery was the principal cause of the US Civil War; states' rights were a secondary issue.
The southern states feared the ascension of the Lincoln Administration to office would result in further loss of states' rights, which in turn would eventually result in the abolition of slavery. Lincoln's election as President was the last straw for many southern states, which led to their succession from the Union and the formation of the Confederate States of America.
Kennedy feared that Communists would take over South Vietnam.
The impact gave blacks a chance for economic security, was more valuable than social equality or political office. Many African Americans feared that such a limited goal would doom them to indefinite subservience to whites; that fear led to the Niagara Movement and later to the founding of the http://www.answers.com/topic/naacp.
White southerners feared former slaves would try to encourage slave rebellions.
Southerners feared he would abolish slavery and seceded.
They feared that the Southern economy would be ruined if slavery was outlawed.
slavery was vital to southern life, many residents feared that their way of life was attacked
because they feared the economic status was corrupt
Southerners feared that northern radicals would arm blacks
Based on his speeches they feared he would push to outlaw slavery in the territories and in any new states. They feared that it was just a matter of time before slavery was outlawed in the whole country.
The Southerners knew that the North or the Union wanted to abolish slavery. With the growing friction between the South and the North, they threatened to secede if a Republican became president, which happened when Aberham Lincoln became president. The Southerners feared that their rich southern way of life would end.
The President explained, quite inarticulately, that our economic situation is not to be feared.
it was either the a)northerners b)southerners c)New Englanders d)Native Americans you are smart figure it out
The plantation system of the south had been built on slavery, in many Southerners feared that their economy couldn't survive without it.
They feared they would be at the mercy of the North in all political, economic and administrative aspect and reduced to the state of a tolerated minority.