Question

What effect did Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 have on national unity?

1.It healed the nation's political divisions.


2. South Carolina seceded, but other southern states remained in the Union.

3. Several Southern states seceded in protest.

4. It caused the South to declare war on the North.

Answer 1

What effect did Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 have on national unity? Several Southern states seceded in protest.

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

3) Several Southern states seceded in protest.

Step-by-step explanation:

Southerners believed Lincoln would support an abolition of slavery, which they felt would cripple the economy of the Southern agricultural states.