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elena-s [515]
3 years ago
8

Why were southerners outraged about the outcome of the election of 1860?

History
2 answers:
Feliz [49]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

Explanation:

The Republican Party, which fielded its first candidate in 1856, was opposed to the expansion of slavery. Abraham Lincoln, the party's nominee in 1860, was seen as a moderate on slavery, but Southerners feared that his election would lead to its demise, and vowed to leave the Union if he was elected.

Vsevolod [243]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

They knew Abraham Lincoln would go to whatever length to abolish slavery, and Lincoln had won the election without receiving a single vote from the southern states. Southerners wanted to preserve slavery.

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