History and the environment often affect how cultures develop.

Yes yes yes!! Enviroment is a huge factor, cause where you live says a lot about you. Cold regions have people who are strong enough to withstand the cold so on and so forth. History builds the culture itself

No , abraham lincoln is elected 16th president of the united states over a deeply divided democratic party, becoming the first republican to win the presidency . lincoln receive 40 % of the popular vote handily defeated three other candidates