SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
THE ELECTION OF 1860
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Upon Lincoln’s election, Southern states began to secede from the Union. Many Southerners believed that Lincoln would end slavery within the United States. Eleven Southern states seceded from the Union between December 1860 and June 1861, creating the Confederate States of America and beginning the American Civil War.
Detailed explanation-2: -With the election of President Lincoln in 1860, southern officials began to fear that Lincoln would repeal the bill and that the northern majority would threaten their way of life – and their economic interests. Southern states began to fear that Lincoln would emancipate slaves.
Detailed explanation-3: -Expert-Verified Answer. When Abraham Lincoln was elected as the President of the United States, he told the South that he did not want to end slavery. The Republican Party was framing and working on the ideology of anti-slavery. Lincoln considered his primary duty to maintain the Union.