The Election of 1860 was the event that impacted the increasing divide between the north and south the most. The election of President Abraham Lincoln and his anti-slavery policies, threatened the ideologies that governed the southern states, thus leading to increased sectionalism and the South's subsequent secession from the Union.
increasing divide between the north and south the most. The election of President Abraham Lincoln and his anti-slavery policies, threatened the ideologies that governed the southern states, thus leading to increased sectionalism and the South's subsequent secession from the Union.