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Following the election of 1860, many in the South believed
A) that secession could still be avoided.
B) that Lincoln would strongly protect states’ rights.
C) that border states would not join a confederacy.
D) that the institution of slavery was in jeopardy.

Answer 1

Answer:

Following the election of 1860, many in the South believed

that secession could still be avoided.

that Lincoln would strongly protect states’ rights.

that border states would not join a confederacy.

that the institution of slavery was in jeopardy.

D is the correct answer

Answer 2

Following the election of 1860, many in the South believed that the institution of slavery was in jeopardy.

What was the South's reaction to the Election of 1860?

Although Lincoln's election was fair, it nonetheless pushed the Deep South toward secession. South Carolina responded to Lincoln's election first, seceding from the Union on December 20, 1860.

What was the main result of the election in 1860?

In a four-way contest, the Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, absent from the ballot in ten slave states, won a national popular plurality, a popular majority in the North where states already had abolished slavery, and a national electoral majority comprising only Northern electoral votes.

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