The 1968 election is a turning point in US political history because it saw the end of the New Deal coalition. The New Deal coalition was the alignment of interest groups and voting blocs in the United States that supported the New Deal and voted for Democratic presidential candidates from 1932 to 1960s.
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Explanation: 1. Abraham Lincoln is elected President
January 1861
Half the states did not want Abraham elected, so they split up, causing the formation of the Union and the Confederacy
Abraham Lincoln, the States
2. Battle of Fort Sumter
April 12, 1861
Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
The official start to the Civil War, and the surrender of Fort Sumpter
General P.G.T. Beauregard (Confederacy), Robert Anderson (Union)
