jan 1, 1860 - Election of 1860, Sucession

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- Democrats split between pro-slavery and anti-slavery candidates
- Allows Republican Abraham Lincoln to win
- Lincoln's platform: containment of slavery, development of transcontinental railroads, free-soil
- South Carolina promptly seceeds
- Two months later, after Fort Sumpter, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas suceed
- Eventually, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina seceed