lincoln won the presidency???????? PLEASE HELP!!!?

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Lincoln won the presidency

a. with an electoral majority derived only from the North.
b. with a majority of both the electoral and the popular vote.
c. primarily because of the divisions in the Democratic party.
d. with an electoral majority evenly derived from all sections of the
nation.
 
ACCORDING TOP THIS YOUR ANSWER WILL BE (A)

In February 1860, Lincoln made his first major political appearance in the Northeast when he addressed a rally at the Cooper Union in New York. He was now sufficiently well known to be a presidential candidate.
He went on to win the presidential election, defeating the Northern Democrat Douglas, the Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, and the Constitutional Union candidate John Bell. Lincoln selected a strong cabinet that included all of his major rivals for the Republican nomination: Seward as secretary of state, Salmon P. Chase as secretary of the treasury, and Edward Bates as attorney general.
 
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