During the spring and early summer of 1864 Lincoln was trailing Democrat rival George B. McClellan and it appeared he would loos
e his bid for reelection in the south changed the attitude of the people alding in reelection helped him win 212 electoral college electors to McClellan's 55
Explanation: the expansion of the railroads is how the west grew. Most towns came about because of a train station in the area and the people settled around that area.
