Which of the following statements is FALSE?
a Northerners felt that slavery caused lower wages for white workers.
b. The anti-slavery movement was supported by most Northerners.
C. Northerners felt that slavery should be illegal, in part, because it provided no way for African
Americans to spend money in the economy
Northerners wanted to secede from the Union over slavery, but the South beat them to it. d northerns wanted to secede from the union over slavery, but the south beat them to it.

Northerners wanted to secede from the Union over slavery, but the South beat them to it.

Explanation:

The Establishment of slavery initiated by Abraham Lincoln after he took the presidency.

At that time, the Northern states no longer have use for slaves since industrial revolution that came from England completely eliminated the use of slave labor.They did not have any goods reason to secede from the government.

The southern states on the other hand, Still haven't adopted the technological development into their agricultural production. This made them still heavily reliant on slaves labor. This made them think that seceding would be beneficial for them.