The correct answer is 2) Election of Abraham Lincoln<span>.
The election of Abe Lincoln in 1860 resulted in the secession of several different US states. The first state was South Carolina, who seceded from the Union just one month after Lincoln was elected. In January, just two months after secession, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, and Georgia all seceded within a few days of each other. This would ultimately lead to the beginning of the Civil War.</span><span />
Whigs, democrats, free-soil party members
Answer:
He describes farmers as the backbone of the society;
the princes, with their jewels and wealth, as distant observers of the widespread poverty in the country;
and anarchists as scared citizens who only spread negativity.