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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:election
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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3
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Martin_Van_Buren
gptkb:Republican_Party
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gptkbp:campaigns
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gptkb:Economic_policies
gptkb:Homestead_Act
Railroad expansion
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gptkbp:context
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Sectional tensions over slavery
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gptkbp:date
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1860
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gptkbp:election_year
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180
1,866,452
In which the Republican Party won the presidency
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gptkbp:federation
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Preservation of the Union
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gptkbp:historical_context
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gptkb:Bleeding_Kansas
Fugitive Slave Act tensions
Preceded by the Dred Scott decision
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gptkbp:historical_debate
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Slavery in the territories
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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Set the stage for the Civil War
Realignment of American politics
Increased polarization over slavery
End of the Second Party System
Rise of sectional parties
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Election of 1860
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gptkbp:impact
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gptkb:Secession_of_Southern_states
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gptkbp:key_figures
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gptkb:John_Bell
gptkb:Stephen_A._Douglas
gptkb:William_Henry_Seward
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:John_C._Breckinridge
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gptkbp:loser
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gptkb:Stephen_A._Douglas
gptkb:William_Henry_Seward
gptkb:John_C._Breckinridge
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gptkbp:notable_event
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gptkb:First_Republican_National_Convention
gptkb:Lincoln's_debates_with_Douglas
Lincoln's election speech
Southern states' response to Lincoln's election
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gptkbp:platform
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Popular sovereignty
Opposition to the expansion of slavery
Support for tariffs
Expansion of slavery
Support for the transcontinental railroad
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gptkbp:political_party
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gptkb:Constitutional_Union_Party
gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Republican_Party
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:result
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Formation of the Confederacy
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gptkbp:significance
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Led to the American Civil War
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gptkbp:state
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All free states participated
Some slave states participated
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gptkbp:voter_turnout
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81.2%
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gptkbp:voting_method
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gptkb:election
Popular vote
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gptkbp:winner
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gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
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