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How did southern states react to the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860

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In general, southerners didn't like Lincoln long before the 1860 election. As a member of the Free Soil Party(Before it later became a republican party) Lincoln argued against expanding slavery into any of the new territories.
Thats why in 1860, Lincoln's name did not appear on the ballot in ten southern states.
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