C, create <span>as much division between the races as possible. </span>
A third group of Democrats formed the Constitutional Union Party and selected John Bell as their presidential candidate. Because the Democratic vote was spread so thin, Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Douglas, Breckenridge, and Bell in the 1860 presidential election.
The Japanese victory over Russian forces had shown the peoples of the Orient that Colonial Imperialists could be defeated and the Asian peoples could persevere in a war against the Occident.The Japanese gained renown that carried over into WW 2.
