I think it would either be b or c but i am thinking more b
The southern states reacted negatively to the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. They were shocked and protested against Abraham Lincoln's election because they were not in favor of his propaganda to free the slave states (which mostly were in the Southern parts).
There are many ways but one would be that when people are too patriotic, their judgement of what is right and what is wrong can be clouded.
