All of the following statements about the election of 1860 are accurate except: (a) the republicans won control of the presidency but not congress. (b) no candidate received a majority of the popular vote. (c) the popular and electoral votes were divided among four candidates. (d) lincoln won election because of the split in the democratic party. (e) a major consequence of the election was that several southern states

(e) a major consequence of the election was that several southern states

a historian researching the immigration policies of the early 1900s would expect a source written today,rather than in 1910 to :

( a ) be more interested in objective data and statistics.

was a long, primarily nonviolent series of events to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all americans. the era has had a lasting impact on united states society, in its tactics, the increased social and legal acceptance of civil rights, and in its exposure of the prevalence and cost of racism. in the south violence and fraud in southern elections from 1868 to 1876, which had reduced black voter turnout and enabled southern white democrats to regain power in state legislatures across the south