![]() This issue played a crucial role in both Lincoln’s election and the South’s subsequent secession. ![]() Most notably, as the United States acquired new territory, it had to decide whether slavery would be legal in the new states. The first of the book, titled “The Rivals,” also outlines the forces shaping American politics in the 19th century. Chase, and Edward Bates were much more well-known and established in public life than Abraham Lincoln was in the mid-19th century, Kearns Goodwin illuminates the faults that kept each of them from gaining the nomination. ![]() She introduces Abraham Lincoln as well as his contemporary rivals for the Republication nomination. Kearns Goodwin begins by setting the scene for Lincoln’s 1860 presidential campaign. ![]()
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