54,260 in total. 33,643 “battle deaths” and 20,617 “other deaths”
Lincoln did not win the popular vote but he won the election<span> with a total of 180 electoral votes. Lincoln's victory prompted South Carolina to secede from the United States. They had been on the verge to secede and the </span>outcome of the election<span> was their last sting.</span>
<span>By building small forts and trading post's. from the West of Africa, they sailed arouond the continet, and continued to establlish forts and trading posts, but they also attacked coastal cities of East Africa, such as Mombasa and Malindi, which were hubs of international trade.</span>
The revolutions in Cuba and the Philippines in the 1890's were very important for the US. Both revolutions for freedom were successful, so the Spanish influence was removed. The two newly independent nations though were weak after the revolutions, so with the Spanish out of the way, the US saw an opportunity to easily increase its influence in these territories. The US was quick to act, and it started to infiltrate and sponsor people that were going to work for its cause, resulting in spreading out of their influence in two territories of great strategic importance.
