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What was the consequence of Abraham Lincoln's victory in the Presidential elections of 1860 |
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Answer» Answer: Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16TH president of the United STATES over a deeply divided Democratic Party, becoming the first REPUBLICAN to win the presidency. Lincoln received only 40 percent of the popular vote but handily defeated the three other candidates: Southern Democrat JOHN C. Breckinridge, Constitutional Union candidate John BELL, and Northern Democrat Stephen Douglas, a U.S. senator for Illinois. |
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