4/24/13 Warm-up: Who debated Lincoln during the 1858 senate race? Objective: Students will display the results of the 1860 election and analyze the sectionalism.

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4/24/13 Warm-up: Who debated Lincoln during the 1858 senate race? Objective: Students will display the results of the 1860 election and analyze the sectionalism of the votes. Take out your homework to turn in. Take out yesterday’s class work to finish. Stephen Douglas

Republican Party Candidate Abraham Lincoln State: Illinois Vice presidential running mate: Hannibal Hamlin, a United States senator from Maine Party Platform Antislavery, but promised to protect slavery in the South Criticized proposals to reopen the African slave trade Supported protection for the rights of immigrants Supported construction of a transcontinental railroad and other internal improvements Declared the Union must be preserved

“Northern” Democratic Party Candidate Party Platform Douglas proposed a policy of popular sovereignty to allow voters in a territory to decide whether slavery would be legal there. Declared the right of the Supreme Court to determine Congress's constitutional power over slavery in the territories Called for the purchase of Cuba Supported construction of a transcontinental railroad Stephen Douglas State: Illinois Vice presidential running mate: Herschel V. Johnson, formerly governor of Georgia

“Southern” Democratic Party Candidate Party Platform Supported the expansion of slavery into the territories and strong enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 Declared the obligation of the federal government to protect the rights of slaveholders in the states and territories Called for the annexation of Cuba Supported the construction of a transcontinental John Breckinridge State: Kentucky Vice presidential running mate: Joseph Lane, represented the Oregon Territory in the United States House of Representatives

Constitutional Union Party Candidate Party Platform Preserve the Union: the authority of the Constitution, the Union, and the laws John Bell State: Tennessee Vice presidential running mate: Edward Everett, a former U.S. senator from Massachusetts

Make a prediction! Who do you think got the most votes in the North? Who do you think got the most votes in the Deep South? How do you think the Upper South voted?

*Color each state to represent the candidate who won the votes in that state.

Lincoln received 0 votes in 9 states but still won 39.9% of the popular vote! What does the map reveal about the feelings of Americans on the eve of the civil war? How does this election affect the future of the Union?