How did U. S. Westward Expansion and the Election of 1860 create discontent that would lead to Civil War?

The Election of 1860 demonstrated the divisions within the United States just before the Civil War. The Constitutional Union Party was also new, 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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