Editor Charles Mitchell discussed the election of 1860. The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, hosted this event.

The election of a Republican, Abraham Lincoln, as President in 1860 sealed the deal. His victory, without a single Southern electoral vote, was a clear signal to the Southern states that they had ...

The Wide Awakes: The 1860 Election Was Influenced By Young People Advocating Against Slavery. Story by Blake Lindsey, Taylor Malone • 3w. Y ou’ve heard it before: we are living in divided times.

This was the United States of 1860, as the conflict over slavery threatened to split the nation in two. The election of Abraham Lincoln, the first antislavery president, was met with Southern ...

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Shortly after anti-slavery candidate Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election in 1860, South Carolina seceded from the U.S. followed by 10 more states by June of the following year.

An introduction to the 1860 election is featured. Author and history professor Rachel Shelden talked about the issue of slavery at the time, the secession of several states, and the Civil War.

But many Americans saw the 1860 election as an opportunity to turn the tide against Slave Power. ... made people feel connected to a common cause — like they were part of a community.

On two former occasions the difficulty of the election of a Speaker of the House of Representatives has been obviated by the adoption of the plurality rule. The first was in 1849.