Question

What was the outcome and reactions to the Election of 1860?

Answer 1

Abraham Lincoln won the election; and the southern states were outraged.

Explanation:

President Lincoln was elected in 1860 in a four-way election between the Democrats, Republicans (Lincoln's party), Southern Democrats, and the Constitutional Union party. However, Lincoln did not receive a single electoral vote from the Southern states, displaying the tremendous divide that existed in the country. Southerners were outraged by the presidential election results, and this was the "last straw" for them to begin secession. The election directly led to the secession of the Confederate states beginning with South Carolina, which seceded on December 20, 1860.