How did the election of 1860 lead to southern states seceding?

a. the democratic party splintered into two groups, northern democrats and southern democrats.
b. the election was so close it led to a divisive recount that southern states believed had suffered from tampering.
c. the republican candidate, abraham lincoln, was elected without winning any southern electoral votes.
d. the whig party did not nominate a presidential candidate for the first time in its history.

Principles of cultural identity have been used to justify conflict. true false

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Why would southern delegates to the constitutional convention have opposed the three-fifths compromise? a) they feared that the president would eventually become "king" in the united states. b) they believed it would be insufficient in protecting the united states from invasion. c) they opposed the creation of a congress that would give states an equal number of senators. d) they wanted their full population of slaves to be counted for purposed of congressional representation.