An introduction to the 1860 election is featured. Author and history professor Rachel Shelden talked about the issue of slavery at the time, the secession of several states, and the Civil War.

When Republican, anti-slavery candidate Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election of 1860, the South was up ... Confederate States of America. The Civil War started in April 1861 and raged ...

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War ... was gaining prominence. The election of a Republican, Abraham Lincoln, as President in 1860 sealed the deal. His victory, without a single ...

The simmering national issue that pitted southern planter “aristocracy” against northern democracy was quickly coming to a boiling point by the election of 1860. The greatest issue ... in four years ...

author Erik Larson chronicles the five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and the start of the Civil War, drawing parallels to today's political climate. Also, David Bianculli ...

Even during the Civil War — our country’s most divided and ... None other than Abraham Lincoln owed his 1860 election to this kind of movement. New research is proving that youth activism ...

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War ... was gaining prominence. The election of a Republican, Abraham Lincoln, as President in 1860 sealed the deal. His victory, without a single ...