The correct answer is D) They feared they would give up all power to the national government.
The other options of the question were A) They feared they would have less power than the national government. B) They thought they would have the same amount of power as the national government. C) They thought they would retain more power than the national government.
The states believed that belonging to the Confederacy would affect their power in that "They feared they would give up all power to the national government."
Seven states formed the Confederacy in February 1861 and established its capital in Montgomery, Alabama. The Confederate states were Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, South Carolina, Florida, and Mississippi. These states seceded from the Union, and at the beginning of the American Civil War, another four states decided to join the Confederacy: North Carolin, Virginia, Tennessee, and Arkansas.
