How did the split in the Democratic party affect the 1860 presidential election?

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Causes of the Civil War

Grade 4th Grade · Social Studies · 36 min· Tci History Alive

I can describe one cause of the Civil War.

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American Civil War | 3 Minute History

3 key concepts

1
Before the Civil War, some states in the North had stopped allowing slavery, but states in the South wanted to keep it.
2
Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860, and soon after, some states left the United States to form their own country called the Confederacy.
3
The Civil War started when soldiers in South Carolina attacked Fort Sumter in 1861.

6 questions · Multiple choice & Short answer

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“Name one thing that caused the Civil War.”

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