The election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860. In a four-way contest, the Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin emerged triumphant. ... By 1860, the Republican Party had replaced the defunct Whig Party as the major opposition to the Democrats.
an excuse for the american government to drive out the native populous from the land, and develop economic opportunities in the west, especially the prospect of gold and oil in California, and the relative proximity to Asia from the west coast.
