Based on the data from the graph above and your knowledge of Georgia History, what can be
inferred about the Election of 1860 and the fact that Abraham Lincoln received ZERO votes in
Georgia? (SS8H5a) DOK 2
A. Georgia had a state law restricting only three presidential candidates can run on their
ballots.
B. Since the Republican Party was a relatively new, the party could not financially afford to
place their candidate, Abraham Lincoln, on Georgia's ballot.
C. Out of protest against the institution of slavery, the abolitionists of the Republican Party
chose to withdraw Lincoln name from Georgia's and other southern states' ballots
D. The Republican Party supported a number of issues, such as stopping the expansion of
slavery, which southerners were completely against; therefore, Georgia and other southern
states refused to include Lincoln on their ballots.