The murder of abolitionist editor Elijah Lovejoy by a mob in 1837 demonstrates which aspect of the anti-abolition movement?

That opposition to abolition was sometimes extremely violent.

That most Northerners were secretly pro-slavery.

That the government supported attacks on newspaper offices.

That abolitionists often disagreed with one another on tactics.

Which statement best describes the scope of opposition to abolition in the United States?

Resistance was almost exclusively found among wealthy Southern plantation owners.

Significant opposition existed in both the North and the South.

Only people living in states bordering the South were against abolition.

The abolition movement faced very little meaningful resistance.

They feared it would cause a decline in immigration to the U.S.

Some business owners had profitable financial ties to the Southern economy.

They believed it would lead to higher taxes on Northern goods.

They wanted to protect the Southern agricultural system from foreign competition.

the desire to keep the price of factory goods low.

a widespread fear of social change and economic competition.

the belief that abolition would lead to war with Great Britain.

a plan to encourage enslaved people to move to Canada instead of staying in the U.S.

They argued that their agricultural system, especially cotton production, depended on enslaved labor.

They believed ending slavery would cause the price of manufactured goods to increase dramatically.

They wanted to ensure factory jobs remained available only for white workers.

They claimed that slavery was necessary to pay off national debts to other countries.