How did Abraham Lincoln's presidential win in 1860 further divide the North and South?

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Thomas Clements

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31 March, 19:52

How did Abraham Lincoln's presidential win in 1860 further divide the North and South?

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Isabela Osborne · Answer 1

Lincoln was very strongly against slavery, and slavery was a favoured view at that time. People in the South were upset about him winning because they liked slavery. However the North wanted to abolish slavery.

Bradshaw · Answer 2

The Southern states threatened to secede should Abraham Lincoln be elected president (which he was) because they knew he was pro-Union and supported the abolition of slavery, the very institution the South was built on.