When the election of 1860 took place, America was on the brink of war. Not with any other country, however, instead it was close to being at war with itself. While Lincoln (Republican) wanted to contain slavery, Douglas (Democrat) wanted slavery to be able to spread based on popular sovereignty. Breckenridge (Democrat) said that there should be no limits on slavery. Bell (Constitutional Union) wanted to preserve the Constitution and the Union, and keep slavery as it is. This amount of diverse opinions changed U.S. history. This would deepen the division between the North and the South.
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