History In the 1860 presidential election, Republicans, led by Abraham Lincoln, supported banning slavery in all the U.S. territories, something the Southern states viewed as a violation of their constitutional rights and as being part of a plan to eventually abolish slavery. ... Sectionalism Sectionalism refers to the different economies, social structure, customs and political values of the North and South. ...

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