Abraham Lincoln stated in a speech that this act only enabled slavery to continue to increase, and he felt that the spread of slavery had to be put to an end (Document E). ... In the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln ran as the Republican candidate for president against two other democratic candidates; he came out victorious due to the split in democratic votes (Document J). ... It was proposed in order to appease critics of the Kansas-Nebraska Act; however, it was never actually put into action due to the fact that Abraham Lincoln was against the spread of slavery. ...

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The South, out of fear of economic failure in cotton production, seceded from the union. the north and south had compromised so many times and the south saw no way of compromising their way out of not having slavery once Lincoln was elected. ... Abolitionists spreading this word, touching northerners who had began to forget the brutality and wrongness of slavery, eventually led to the election of a President who also didn't like slavery, Republican and 16th President, Abraham Lincoln. In the election of 1860, as seen in document N, free states seem to have had enough of slavery, all votin...

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The final straw for the South was the election of Abraham Lincoln who, despite his protestations to the contrary, could not convince the South that he was not a firebrand abolitionist. Secession was the first item on the agenda for South Carolina's legislature after the election of Lincoln. Because the North was more populated than the South and had more electoral votes to gain, Lincoln was able to win the election. ...

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The Civil War pitted Americans against each other. The sectional divisions between the North and South caused tensions leading up to the Civil War, but the issue of slavery would ultimately lead to war. Tensions evolved between the North and South before the Civil War due to their difference in economic structure, and political views. Though these tensions caused discomfort between the two sides, the issue of slavery would push both sides to war in 1861. The Economic differences between the North and South, caused tensions which had been developing for decades. ...

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Territorial Issues Before the onset of the American Civil War, a great debate was raging among the citizens, and politicians of the Untied States. Slavery was the main issue that divided the Northern and Southern states; but another, more complicated issue was at hand. As settlers began to f...

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