Do you think that the break-up of the Union was inevitable after Abraham Lincoln’s election in 1860?

(The book we are reading for this class is: “give me liberty” by eric foner. seagull 6th edition vol. 1)

Do you think that the break-up of the Union was inevitable after Abraham Lincoln’s election in 1860?

Could another compromise have saved the Union at this point? In order to discuss this question, you need to carefully consider the positions of the Republican Party and those Democrats in the South who supported John C. Breckinridge.

General points you make should be supported by material from the text.