Republicans
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100
Who was the candidate for the Republicans in the 1860 election?
Abraham Lincoln
100
Who was the Northern Democrat's candidate in the election of 1860?
Stephen A. Douglas
100
He sued for his freedom after living in Free Territories
Who is Dred Scott?
100
This state is nicknamed "Land of Lincoln"
What is Illinois
100
Why did the Election of 1860 take place?
They needed to elect a new president/the old president's term was up.
200
What was the party's main goal?
The Republicans wanted to stop slavery.
200
How the Northern Democrats intended to solve the question of Slavery in the territories
What is popular sovereignty?
200
This Supreme Court Justice decided the Dred Scot case
Who is Roger B Taney?
200
Lincoln lost an election for this office in 1858
US Senate
200
What did the South say they would do if Lincoln was elected?
Secede
300
The region where the Republican party operated
The North
300
He was the Southern Democrat running for President in 1860
Who is John Breckenridge?
300
This plan to prevent secession didn't pass
What is the Wilmot Proviso or Crittenden Plan?
300
These events became a model for future generations of politicians running for office
The Lincoln-Douglas debates
300
Why did Lincoln not get a single vote in the South
He was not on their ballots.
400
Other than the Republicans, this party wanted to stop the expansion of slavery
Free-Soil Party
400
In what city did the Democrats have their National Convention?
The Northern Democrats met in Charleston, South Carolina.
400
This compromise included California joining the Union as a free state
What is the compromise of 1850?
400
Abraham Lincoln's wife's name
What is Mary Todd Lincoln
400
This was the first state to secede from the Union
What is South Carolina
500
In what city did the Republican convention in 1860 take place?
Chicago
500
In what month did the Northern Democrats gather?
The Northern Democrats met in April.
500
This compromise eventually lead to the Sack of Lawrence and the Potawatome Massacre.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act
500
This speech made Lincoln famous.
"The House Divided" speech
500
On what date was Lincoln sworn into office?
March 4, 1861
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