Gallagher , 2007 . Another factor would be the establishment of the Republican Party and the victory of Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 presidential election . When the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed , groups that opposed slavery formed the Republican Party (Gallagher , 2007 . The party was created with the objective of abolishing slavery (Perry , 1989 . In 1860 , the Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln emerged victorious (Gallagher , 2007 Perry , 1989 . Upon the Republican victory , the Southern states formally withdrew - or seceded - from the Union (Perry , 1989...











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