Lincoln, however, did not appear on the ballots of ten southern states: thus his election necessarily split the nation along sectional lines.

In the debate that followed, both national parties split along sectional lines.

In Alabama, the state divided along sectional lines.

Division along sectional or class lines on individual planets.

Not only did national political parties split, but national churches and interstate families as well divided along sectional lines as the war approached.

His decision galvanized Northern opposition to slavery while splitting the Democratic Party on sectional lines.

In 1860, the last national political party, the Democratic Party, split along sectional lines.

Lincoln however, did not appear on the ballots in most southern states and his election split the nation along sectional lines.

Senator Jones felt compelled to spend five minutes (granted by the gold side), stating that silver was an issue which crossed sectional lines.

Instead, the Democratic Party merely split along sectional lines.