Question 8 • CCPS Georgia Studies 8 (45.00900) YL IC
Lincoln was the Republican candidate in 1860 and won the presidential election. He received no electoral votes from the Southern states, including Georgia, where he was not a close second. His victory alarmed many white Southerners, who feared his opposition to the expansion of slavery; the election helped prompt Southern states to secede.
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