slavery...And states rights. what concerns people in Mississippi did not concern people in New york. Farmers concerns in the south were not going to be be dictated by a president who favored freedom of slaves. New Yorkers also wrote up papers for secession because they were a financially secure state. Why should they have to contribute to a poorer state ?
Slavery.
It caused many Irish families to emigrate to the U.S.A.
The result of the arrival of 14 million immigrants in the United States between 1860 and 1900 was a rapid industrialization of the country along with the construction of many cities.
in Ellis island the time the most Irish came was from 1845-1860 because of crop faliure which caused them to only eat peasent food-potatoes
As the Republican nominee of the Republican Party for the US presidency, Abraham Lincoln gave a speech in 1860 at Cooper Union in New York City. One of the main issues he addressed in that speech was how the Framers and also the Founding Fathers handled the question of slavery in the US territories.
The main parties between 1828 and 1854 were the Democratic Party and the Whig Party. Between 1854 and 1860, the Whig Party fell apart and was replaced by the Republican Party. Before 1828, the main parties were Federalist Party and the Democratic-Republican Party, from which the Democratic Party came.
slavery
The slavery issue caused the northern and southern democratics to split up and have two different democratic parties.
The Democratic Party broke apart in 1860 over the issue of slavery.
Not directly, although the election of 1860 was the pivotal first step at resolving the slavery issue. It led to a civil war which in time did resolve the issue by ending slavery.
Not directly, although the election of 1860 was the pivotal first step at resolving the slavery issue. It led to a civil war which in time did resolve the issue by ending slavery.
Cesium was discovered in Germany.
election of 1860
South Carolina. (It was in December 1860, a few months before the outbreak of the war that this caused.)
The major issue in the era of the democrats between 1800-1860 was slavery and high tariffs.
Immigration has been a way for many people to enter America for hundreds of years. In the 1860's there was a major increase in the population of the Chinese who came into the country. A need for laborers in farming and the budding railroad industry led to this increase.
Please look at the date again, no U.S. half-cents are dated 1860. 1857 was the last year of issue.
please be more specific as to what country you mean