SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
THE ELECTION OF 1860
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Question
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Which paragraph in the section “Election Results” best supports the conclusion that Lincoln was unpopular in the South?
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On November 6, 1860, voters cast their vote for president of the United States. Lincoln won the election in an Electoral College landslide. He received 180 electoral votes, although he secured less than 40 percent of the popular vote.
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The North had many more people than the South, and therefore it had control of the Electoral College. Lincoln did very well in the Northern states, but didn’t carry a single Southern state.
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The Southern vote was split between Breckenridge and Bell. Breckenridge won 72 electoral votes, while Bell won 39.
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The Election of 1860 firmly established the Democratic and Republican parties as the majority parties in the United States. It also confirmed deep-seated divisions between the North and South over the issues of slavery and states’ rights.
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