What did the Election of 1860 mean for sectionalism and national politics?

The Republican Party was relatively new; 1860 was only the second time the party had a candidate in the presidential race. The Constitutional Union Party was also new and 1860 was the first and only time the party ran a candidate for president.

The results of the 1860 election pushed the nation into war.

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