1860 Election: Will the Nation Break up? 1860 Election: Will the Nation Break up?

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1860 Election: Will the Nation Break up? 1860 Election: Will the Nation Break up?

Abraham Lincoln John C. Breckinridge John Bell Stephen A. Douglas Republican Constitutional Union (Northern) Democrat (Southern) Democrat

Birth of the Republican Party, 1854 Northern Whigs. Northern Democrats. Free-Soilers. Know-Nothings. Other miscellaneous opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Northern Whigs. Northern Democrats. Free-Soilers. Know-Nothings. Other miscellaneous opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

Republicans Platform: Slavery will be excluded from only the new territories Promised tariffs to protect American workers. Homestead Act- granting free land to farmers in west. Opposed Kansas-Nebraska Act Platform: Slavery will be excluded from only the new territories Promised tariffs to protect American workers. Homestead Act- granting free land to farmers in west. Opposed Kansas-Nebraska Act

(Northern) Democrats Candidate: Stephen A. Douglas Supported Popular Sovereignty Supported Kansas-Nebraska Act Candidate: Stephen A. Douglas Supported Popular Sovereignty Supported Kansas-Nebraska Act

(Southern) Democrats Candidate: John C. Breckinridge Supported Slavery Fire Eaters (Extreme Slave Supporter) Broke away from Northern Democrats Supported Dred Scott Decision Candidate: John C. Breckinridge Supported Slavery Fire Eaters (Extreme Slave Supporter) Broke away from Northern Democrats Supported Dred Scott Decision What’s a Fire Eater?

Constitutional Union Candidate: John Bell Moderates from North and South Didn’t like the Democrats or Republicans Diehard former “Southern Whigs” and “Know Nothings.” Candidate: John Bell Moderates from North and South Didn’t like the Democrats or Republicans Diehard former “Southern Whigs” and “Know Nothings.”

Electoral College Votes

Lincoln Wins Election (1860) Why you might ask? Split between Democrats in the South More populated North outvotes South. Split between Democrats in the South More populated North outvotes South. The South gets a President that they didn’t vote for.

Secession!: SC  Dec. 20, 1860

Crittenden Compromise: A Last Ditch Appeal to Sanity Senator John J. Crittenden (Know-Nothing- KY)