Fear of the Slave Power was fear that the ____________.
A. use of slave labor would allow Southern producers to undersell Northern producers
B. distribution of abolitionist literature among slaves was likely to inspire a violent slave revolt
C. slaveholding elite that controlled the South was determined to control the entire nation
D. slave population was growing so rapidly that slaves would soon far outnumber whites in many Southern states
Answer: C
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