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 greatest victory was his election as President followed by his re-election.
He won almost all of north’s electoral votes
It made victory for the Republican party inevitable.
Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election. He was the first Republican president of the United States, and his victory ultimately contributed to the secession of Southern states from the Union.
The election of George W. Bush and Al Gore was the lowest margin of victory.
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I believe the crowning achievement of President Lincoln was his freeing of the African American slaves from their southern slave owners, and preserving the union by leading th north in its victory over the south.
Lincoln's Presidency
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The capture of Atlanta, Georgia, and then the capture of Savannah, Georgia, and the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, were all important factors. Additionally, General Sherman's victory in Atlanta helped Abraham Lincoln win re-election in 1864.
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Abraham Lincoln died, the Union had another victory, and the slaves were freed.