He was the 40% Victor of vote but they we cased by the north. The other groups of presidential candidatea where spread out and so the most vote for one candidate was Lincoln even though he wasn't on the ballot for 10 slave states. Lincoln's view on slavery was that is was wrongs hence him saying that there would be on compromise on the subject and that slavery won't continue or expand.
Many farmers borrowed money from the bank to buy equipment so when the depression started they could not pay back the money causing the banks to take the land.
It's entire empire crashed after the war. That's the biggest problem.
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