How did the split in the Democratic party affect the 1860 presidential election?

It helped Abraham Lincoln win the election.

Causes Of The Civil War Lesson Plan for Grade 4th Grade

Name: Causes of the Civil War
Author: Insta~Lesson

I can describe one cause of the Civil War.

1
Before the Civil War, some states in the North had stopped allowing slavery, but states in the South wanted to keep it.
2
Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860, and soon after, some states left the United States to form their own country called the Confederacy.
3
The Civil War started when soldiers in South Carolina attacked Fort Sumter in 1861.