Which of the following best shows how the issue of states' rights contributed to the onset of the civil war?

many northerners believed that states' rights should not extend to slave states.
many southerners believed that giving states additional rights would hold back western expansion
many southerners believed the rights of their states were threatened by northerners abolitionists
many northerners believed that rights of their states were threatened by the election of abraham lincoln

Many southerners believed that the rights of their states were threatened by northerners abolitionists.