Although before and after his election, Abraham Lincoln wanted no armed conflicts or a civil war between the North and the South. He tried his best to assure the South he would allow them slavery if they wished. based on the membership of the Republican Party, a party that was created to abolish slavery, the South believed that a Republican US president was going to harm their way of life.
Abraham Lincoln President said a house divided against itself cannot stand.
There was a divided field of four candidates
A tall American president who said that a house divided will not stand.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was able to unite a nation that was deeply divided when he took over.
Slavery was the major issue in the 1860 election. Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election. Opposition to Lincoln was divided with 3 candidates challenging him. The Democratic Party was split between the northern Democrats and the Southern candidates. Lincoln won 39.8% of the popular vote and defeated John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas.
Lincoln did not believe in slavery, and when he was elected president in 1860, 7 states had left the Union. This was the beginning of the division of the United States. So one event was his election. The start of the Civil War in 1861 is another. This almost officially divided the USA into two teams or sides.
In 1858
The election of Lincoln served as the primary catalyst of the American Civil War. The United States had become increasingly divided during the 1850s over sectional disagreements, especially regarding the extension of slavery into the territories.
The quest for the Republican Party's presidential nominations was not easy for Abraham Lincoln. Upon securing the nomination and winning the presidential election of 1860, Lincoln included in his administration some of his rivals within the party. This was an effort to preserve the Party's unity as it was a divided party when the radical wing is considered. Lincoln appointed Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Frederick William Seward to his cabinet. All of them had aspirations to be the head of the Republican Party.
The US presidential election pitted one Republican, Abraham Lincoln against three other candidates. Despite the party names of these candidates, all of them were Democrats. This divided the Democratic Party and helped Republican Lincoln gain the presidency. The nation remained divided however, over the talk about secession, the future of slavery and the future of the Democratic Party.
The US presidential election pitted one Republican, Abraham Lincoln against three other candidates. Despite the party names of these candidates, all of them were Democrats. This divided the Democratic Party and helped Republican Lincoln gain the presidency. The nation remained divided however, over the talk about secession, the future of slavery and the future of the Democratic Party.