The Election of 1860
In the Election of 1860, four candidates were campaigning to lead the country as the President of America. Abraham Lincoln, the only republican candidate, won % of the vote. Stephen Douglas, a member of the Democratic Party who represented the North won 30% of the votes. John Bell, a member of the Constitutionalism Union Party won only 13% of the votes while John C. Breckenridge, A Democrat representing the South won 20% of the vote.
When the South heard that Abraham Lincoln had won the presidency, they felt cheated because they were certain that Lincoln would take away their way of life including slavery, even though of the fact that Abraham Lincoln did not support abolition. A short while after Abraham Lincoln became president, 7 states immediately seceded from the Union, the first being South Carolina, creating The Confederate States of America.
When the South heard that Abraham Lincoln had won the presidency, they felt cheated because they were certain that Lincoln would take away their way of life including slavery, even though of the fact that Abraham Lincoln did not support abolition. A short while after Abraham Lincoln became president, 7 states immediately seceded from the Union, the first being South Carolina, creating The Confederate States of America.