A Republican candidate won the presidency in 1860 without carrying a Southern state. Who was this candidate?

In the 1860 presidential election, which party nominated Abraham Lincoln?

When Democrats split in 1860, which candidate represented the Southern Democratic Party?

Which 1860 candidate ran for the Northern Democratic Party after Democrats split over slavery?

John Bell ran in 1860 as the candidate of which party?

What 1860 election result alarmed many Southern slaveholding leaders?

In the 1860 election, which candidate won electoral votes across much of the Deep South?

After Lincoln won the 1860 election, which state seceded first?

By the time Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861, how many states had seceded from the Union?

In February 1861, delegates from seceded Lower South states met in Montgomery. What government did they create?

What was the purpose of special state conventions in the Deep South after Lincoln's 1860 victory?

How did many secessionists describe Lincoln's 1860 victory when urging their states to leave?

In February 1861, the new Southern government chose Jefferson Davis for what office?

Where did seceded Lower South states meet in February 1861 to organize their new government?

Southern leaders argued that states entered the Union as sovereign members and could withdraw. Which idea did they emphasize?

After Lincoln's election, Deep South leaders called the Union a compact among states. What action did that argument try to justify?

In his First Inaugural Address, which word did Lincoln use to describe the Union when he argued that no state could lawfully leave it?

After Lincoln won the 1860 election, what constitutional question stood at the center of the crisis that followed?

Supporters of slavery cited Dred Scott v. Sandford to make which constitutional claim about federal territories?

South Carolina's 1860 secession declaration said Northern states passed laws that blocked the return of people who escaped slavery. Which part of the Constitution did it say they broke?