Slavery was the major issue in the 1860 election. The 1860 presidential election showed the major difference of opinion between the north and the south over the issue of slavery. Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election. He did not receive electoral votes from any southern state. Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas declared its secession from the United States following the November 1860 election of Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln to the U.S. presidency. The Civil War began with the Confederate attack upon Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, a Union fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. After the Civil War began in April, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina also declared their secession and joined the Confederacy.
In the 1860 presidential election, Lincoln did not win in the State of Kentucky. The winner there was John Breckenridge.
Lincoln won the election and the Republican Party was established.
Slavery was the major issue in the 1860 election. The Republican Party platform promised not to interfere with slavery in the states, but opposed the further extension of slavery into the territories. Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election defeating John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas. Abraham Lincoln received 180 electoral votes from 18 of the 33 states. Abraham Lincoln did not receive electoral votes from any southern state. Lincoln was not on the ballot in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas declared its secession from the United States following the November 1860 election of Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln to the U.S. presidency. The Civil War began with the Confederate attack upon Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, a Union fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. After the Civil War began in April, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina also declared their secession and joined the Confederacy.
Lincoln lost
The issues that led to the secession had been festering for a long time, but it was the election of Abraham Lincoln that precipitated the secession.
The election of Lincoln as president.
Slavery and the election of Abraham Lincoln
the election of Abraham Lincoln.
the election of Abraham Lincoln as President.
Lincoln's election as president
Begin the process of secession
Abraham Lincoln
The 1860 election of President Abraham Lincoln
Four days after Lincoln's election, South Carolina called for a special convention to consider secession.
The election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860.
The election of Lincoln, who had refused to allow any extension of slavery.