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How Did Lincoln Get Into Politics

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Lincoln was only twenty-three when he got into politics as a legislature; with limited education and no political experience at all. Despite not having much political experience, he worked his way up in the government and even became a nominee for the Republican candidate for the election of 1860; winning the election by 40% without a single Southern state. After his election, Southern states started to secede; South Carolina being the first; claiming that because Lincoln won, slavery wasn’t safe. Lincoln believed in unity. He wanted to assure the South that he didn’t want them to fear about the loss of slavery. “Do the people of the South really entertain fears that a Republican administration would, directly, or indirectly, interfere with

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