Oh, come on Melissa! Unless you absolutely slept through the entire unit you must know that one. I'll give you a hint, it happened on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of 1860. And, it happened yet again just lsat month! Michael Montagne
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The political party formed for the election of 1860 was the Constitutional Union party and their purpose was to preserve the Union.
...victory of Lincoln in the November 1860 election.
There were 33 States in the United States in 1860. These were, in order of admission and/or ratification:DelawarePennsylvaniaNew JerseyGeorgiaConnecticutMassachusettsMarylandSouth CarolinaNew HampshireVirginiaNew YorkNorth CarolinaRhode IslandVermontKentuckyTennesseeOhioLouisianaIndianaMississippiIllinoisAlabamaMaineMissouriArkansasMichiganFloridaTexasIowaWisconsinCaliforniaMinnesotaOregon
...the Civil War?
Many events contributed to several Southern states seceding from the Union in 1860. One important event was the election of Lincoln.
The 1860 election of President Abraham Lincoln
The secession of South Carolina from the Union
election of president Lincoln
The election of Lincoln in November 1860, and his refusal to allow any extension of slavery.
Lincoln winning the 1860 election on a ticket of no new slave-states. It meant that the South would always be outvoted in Congress if they stayed in the USA.
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