Question

Lincoln won the election of 1860 .

with over fifty percent of the popular and electoral votes

with broad national support from both the North and South

with an electoral majority that came only from Northern states

by promising to abolish slavery as soon as he took office

Answer 1

Correct answer: with an electoral majority that came only from Northern states.

Brief explanation:
- Lincoln won about 40% of the popular vote (≈39.8%), not over 50%.
- He carried 180 of 303 electoral votes — all from Northern and free Western states; he won virtually no support in the Southern slave states.
- He did not campaign on immediate abolition; his platform opposed the expansion of slavery but pledged not to interfere with slavery where it already existed.