What was a significant outcome of the Election of 1860 regarding the Electoral College?
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Correct answer: Lincoln won the presidency with no electoral votes from any slave state
Lincoln's victory demonstrated the demographic and political power of the North. He carried every free state except for a portion of New Jersey, proving that a candidate could win the presidency through purely sectional support.
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- Which state was the first to secede from the Union following the election of Abraham Lincoln?
- The 'Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina' explicitly cited which grievance?
- What was the primary goal of the Crittenden Compromise proposed in December 1860?
- How did President James Buchanan respond to the secession of the Southern states during his final months in office?
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