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Why did the election of Lincoln lead many Southern states, including South Carolina, to secede?

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With the election of Lincoln, the North finally controlled both houses of Congress.


Lincoln had run a campaign calling for the complete abolition of slavery.


Lincoln opposed the spread of slavery into territories where it did not already exist.


Southerners felt that as a northern democrat, Lincoln did not fully support slavery.

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3rd one because he did not want it spreading west to new states this is why bloody Kansas happened
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Answer:3rd one

Explanation:because

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