1 янв 1860 г. - Election of 1860,
Sucession
Описание:
- 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
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