Complete the following sentences about the antebellum period. The Southern states feared that . As a result, many Southerners started thinking about ___.
1:
a. the federal government’s policies favored the North over the South
b. they were left defenseless during the Mexican-American War
c. the North would impose severe taxes on slavers
2:
a. declaring a war on the North
b. banning all trade with the North
c. separating from the United States