nov 4, 1856 - The Election of 1856

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-The election of 1856 was the 18th quadrennial presidential election.
-Involved: James Buchanan, John C. Fremont, and Millard Fillmore
-The election of 1856 led to the Civil War because the Republican candidate, John C. Fremont, condemned the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and also crusaded against the Slave Power/expansion of slavery; however, James Buchanan (Democrat) warned that the Republicans were extremists whose victory would lead to the Civil War.

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