The two states that had the closes races in the 1860 elections in the United States are: Kentucky where John Brekinridge is from and Illinois where Abraham Lincoln is from. When Abraham Lincoln won as the president and there were changes that he made for the country. The following year, it started the Civil War.
The factors that describe the influence of culture on an area is :
- Females are not allowed to go to college (which more commonly found in Muslim dominated area)
- Fireworks are shot out into the ocean to celebrate new year's eve (which commonly found in westernized area)
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