Lincoln famously remarked before the election of 1860, that “a house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free”. Based on the above passage why do you think southerners were angered by Lincoln’s election in 1860?
Southerners were angered by Lincoln's election in 1860 because they believed that he would work towards the abolition of slavery, which would threaten their way of life and their economy that relied heavily on slave labor. The idea of a government divided between those who supported slavery and those who opposed it was unacceptable to them, and they feared that Lincoln's policies would ultimately lead to the end of slavery in the United States. This was a major point of contention that ultimately led to the outbreak of the American Civil War.
