SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
THE ELECTION OF 1860
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Question
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What issue did Lincoln make a main focus in the 1860 election?
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Taxes
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Expanding West
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Increasing Trade
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Slavery
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -On April 16, Lincoln signed the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, which abolished slavery in Washington, D.C. Two months later, on June 19, Congress banned slavery in all federal territories, fulfilling Lincoln’s 1860 campaign promise to ban the expansion of slavery.
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