5. (SS8H5a) Who would MOST LIKELY have made this statement in the mid-1800s? Why?*

Read the statement. Then answer the question that follows.
The real issue at hand is states' rights. The federal government does not have the power to tell us
what we can and cannot do; our voices should matter too.

A. a Southern plantation owner, because plantation owners were worried that the
federal government was trying to outlaw slavery
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B. a Northern abolitionist, because abolitionists believed that the federal government
should do more to halt the spread of slavery
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C. a Northern factory worker, because factory workers worried that the federal
government was letting too many Irish immigrants into the country
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D. a Southern miner, because miners believed that the federal government should do
more to remove American Indians from land with valuable minerals