A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the moral issue ... The election of a Republican, Abraham Lincoln, as President in 1860 sealed the deal. His victory, without a single ...

4:1 — The ratio of people who attended church weekly to those who voted in the 1860 election 2.5 — Approximate percentage of the American population that died in the Civil War 7 million ...

This has been chiefly due to an erroneous conception of his attitude toward compromise and secession during the five months between the election of 1860 and the outbreak of the civil war.

Early in the 1860 election, a core of young clerks in ... The Forgotten Force that Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War.

Since the Civil War, presidential contests have been dominated ... Watch to see how the states voted in every presidential election since 1860. Produced by Alex Kuzoian Follow BI Video: On ...

The simmering national issue that pitted southern planter “aristocracy” against northern democracy was quickly coming to a boiling point by the election of 1860. The greatest issue ... in four years ...

On Jan. 21, the Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War, Henry Casey Camp 92 Commander Kelly Hopkins donated on behalf of ...