What role did the Election of 1860 play in the outbreak of the Civil War? It caused a split in Southern Democrats in their support for Lincoln
It confirmed that Southern states feared the election of Lincoln would bring about the end of slavery
It indicated that many non-slaveholders in the South supported Lincoln
It showed that slave owners in the West viewed Lincoln as one who would protect slavery

It confirmed that Southern states feared the election of Lincoln would bring about the end of slavery.

Explanation:

The Southern states believed that Lincoln would have ended slavery. However, prior to the war, Lincoln was actually not a staunch abolitionist, rather he was a free-lander, in which he only believed that slavery should not be able to spread westwards into the newly acquired territories. Lincoln only had a change of heart during the American Civil War.

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