ᎤᎦᎾᏭ ᎢᏗᏢ ᏧᎾᏰᎯᏍᏗ ᎠᏓᏲᎱᏎᎲ ᎠᎨᏔᏗᏍᏗ ᎯᎠ ᏂᎬᎾᏛ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎤᏙᏢᏒ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏴᏢ ᎢᏗᏢ ᏧᎾᏰᎯᏍᏗ Ꮎ ᎯᎠ ᎠᏥᎾᏝᎢ ᎤᎳᏂᎬᎬ ᎦᏳᎳ controlled ᎯᎠ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎤᏙᏢᏒ, ᎠᏲᎸᎯ ᎯᎠ crisis ᎠᏍᎪᎵ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎯᎠ ᎣᏂᏱᏳ 1850s. Sectional disagreements ᎦᏬᎯᎸᏙᏗ ᎯᎠ morality slavery, ᎯᎠ scope ᎤᏂᏣᏘ ᎤᎾᏓᏅᏖᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎯᎠ ᎠᎳᏏᏅᏙᏗ ᏂᏚᏍᏛ ᎠᏎᏊᎢ ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ vs. ᎠᏥᎾᏝᎢ plantation ᎤᏩᏌᏙᏴ voters confront ᎯᎠ ᎠᏯᏙᎯᎲ ᎾᎿ ᎢᏴ, causing ᎢᎦᏛ ᏚᎾᏓᏟᏌᎲ collapse (ᎯᎠ Whigs ᎠᎴ ᎣᎾᏛ Nothings), ᎠᎴ ᎢᏤ ᎠᏂᏏᏴᏫᎭ ᏗᎶᏗ (ᎤᏂᏴᏜ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ 1854, Constitutional ᏗᏌᏊ ᎤᎾᎵᎪᎯ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ 1860). ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ 1860 ᎯᎠ ᎣᏂ remaining ᎠᏙᏱᏯᏛ ᎠᎬᏩᎵ ᎤᎾᏓᏟᏌᎲ ᎬᏙᏗ ᎬᎾᏕᎾ ᏄᎵᏂᎬᎬ, ᎯᎠ Democratic ᎤᎾᏓᏟᏌᎲ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᏍᏇ ᏗᏍᏡᏴ ᎾᎿ sectional lines.