Who won the 1860 presidential election?
John C. Breckinridge
Stephen A. Douglas
John Bell
Abraham Lincoln
Answer
Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860. He ran on the Republican Party ticket, which was opposed to the expansion of slavery into the western territories. Lincoln's victory sparked the secession of Southern states, which formed the Confederate States of America. The election of Lincoln and the start of the Civil War were major turning points in American history.
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