American Civil War · TURNING POINT ·
Lincoln elected (1860)
6 Nov 1860 — Lincoln wins with 40% of the popular vote and not a single Southern state — a purely sectional victory, exactly what the arithmetic of free-state population promised. South Carolina summons a convention within days.
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- Causes of the American Civil War (chapter 2 of American Civil War)
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- The American Civil War, 1840–1877
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