Complete the following sentences about the antebellum period. The Southern states feared that . As a result, many Southerners started thinking about ___.
1:
a. the federal government’s policies favored the North over the South
b. they were left defenseless during the Mexican-American War
c. the North would impose severe taxes on slavers
2:
a. declaring a war on the North
b. banning all trade with the North
c. separating from the United States

c) troops march forward in close formation against newer, more accurate weapons

the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.

it granted civil rights to african americans.