Indicate why southern states seceded from the United States. Select the two answers that best answers the question.
A.
John Brown's raid of Harper's Ferry served as a reminder of events that threatened their control of enslaved people.
B.
White Southerners strongly supported abolishing slavery and strongly supported any federal regulation interfering in the institution of slavery.
C.
The Republican party's support of slavery led to southern states seceding from the Union.
D.
Lincoln's election was a perceived threat to the status of enslaved people as "private property."
A. John Brown's raid of Harper's Ferry served as a reminder of events that threatened their control of enslaved people.
D. Lincoln's election was a perceived threat to the status of enslaved people as "private property."