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nov 6, 1860 - Election of 1860

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American presidential election held on Nov. 6, 1860, in which Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and the Constitutional Union candidate John Bell.This event leads to the civil war due to the sectionalism it caused between the pro-slavery south and the anti-slavery north.

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nov 6, 1860
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~ 165 years ago

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