Question

Why did Southerners argue states' rights were violated by abolition of slavery?

A) They believed all states should be slave states.
B) Abolition would cause states to pay higher taxes.
C) Abolition violated states' rights to choose what their laws should be.
D) They argued abolition would cause freed slaves to take over their states. Eliminate

Answer 1

C

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The answer is C because in the constitution it allowed the states to choose and make their own laws and slavery was a law that the southerners wanted.