nov 6, 1860 - Election of 1860

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Lincoln won
Didn't want to end slavery, just stop extending it
Wanted to unite the nation
Changed the party's platform to appeal to more people by promising a protective tariff, rights for immigrants, a transcontinental railroad, federally financed infrastructure improvements for the west, and free homesteads for citizens out of publicly held land
Democratic party split into two after disagreements between the North and South
Caused South Carolina to secede from the Union and start the Civil War

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