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What if Karl Marx moved to America and became part of Lincoln's Cabinet? Would socialism become more popular even earlier than Jello's Reds! TL? How would this effect the Civil War?

During the civil war, there was a presidential election. Lincoln managed to win due to, at least in part, the fact that Sherman had taken Atlanta, and other victories showing that the end was relatively near. What if tensions had simmered for a year or 2, and then the civil war had broken out...