Which events leading up to the Civil War were viewed by many in the South as proof that the United States government favored the North? (1 point)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act, the trial of Nat Turner, and the trial of John Brown
Banning of the slave trade, the Missouri Compromise, and the election of 1860
A The Scott vs. Sandford case, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Fourteenth B Amendment
C The invention of the cotton gin, statehood of Utah and Mexico, and the Fugitive Slave
D Act of 1850

The event that caused the Southern states to secede was the election of Abraham Lincoln as the President of the United States. The presidential election of 1860 was held on November 6th. By December 20th, South Carolina became the first state to secede.

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