Choose which statements correctly describe something about the election of 1860. there were 4 major candidates for president. li
ncoln only won virginia in the south. stephen douglas won most of the west. john c. breckinridge won most of the south. lincoln did not appear on ballots in the south. no candidate received a majority of the electoral vote. no candidate received a majority of the popular vote. south carolina seceded as a result of lincoln's victory. the confederacy refused to participate in the election.
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The Second Party System operated from the late 1820s to the mid-1850s following the splintering of the Democratic-Republican Party. Two major parties dominated the political landscape: the Whig Party, led by Henry Clay, that grew from the National Republican Party; and the Democratic Party, led by Andrew Jackson.
