While northerners increasingly feared ________, southerners raised the specter of ________.
A) that the West would become contaminated by black slaves; a South contaminated by northern free-labor industrialism
B) the South's secessionist threats; the North's determination to abolish slavery once and for all
C) a Slave Power conspiracy; a conspiracy by the "Black Republicans"
D) economic uncertainty; social chaos

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Northerners feared a "Slave Power" conspiracy, which was the belief that the South was trying to extend slavery throughout the nation, while southerners feared a conspiracy by the "Black Republicans" to abolish slavery.

While Northerners Increasingly Feared ________, Southerners Raised the Specter of ________

While Northerners Increasingly Feared , Southerners Raised the Specter of