In the election of 1860,
A) the Republicans called for a suspension of plans for a transcontinental railroad.
B) Stephen Douglas received a larger popular vote than Abraham Lincoln.
C) John Bell and J.C. Breckinridge, taken together, bested Lincoln in the popular vote.
D) the Republicans won a narrow majority in Congress.
E) white southerners concluded that their position in the Union was hopeless.

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The election of 1860 resulted in Abraham Lincoln's victory, which led many white southerners to feel that their position in the Union was hopeless, contributing to the secession of Southern states.

In the Election of 1860