Question

Why did Southern states refuse to put Lincoln on the 1860 election ballot

Answer 1

i guess it was because Lincoln's election would spell an end to slavery, so the southern states refused to add him.

Answer 2

Southern states refused to put Lincoln on the 1860 election ballot because his election would spell an end to slavery.

The 1860 United States presidential election was the nineteenth quadrennial presidential election to select the President and Vice President of the United States. As a result of the election, the Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln along with his running mate Hannibal Hamlin claimed victory.

The election of Lincoln became the primary catalyst of the American Civil War.