B. Illinois and Wisconsin because slavery was illegal over there so they thought they could get their freedom if they lived there.
A. voters felt bitter and fearful because of the loss of WW1 and the poor state of the economy. their was no civil war and Mussolini was the Fascist leader of Italy.
The answer is to prevent a British invasion from the north because it would have been very easy for Britan to destroy them because they were weak in the north.