Candidates
Parties
The South
Secession
Menders
100
Was the candidate for the Northern Democrats and was nicknamed the "Little Giant"
Who is Stephen Douglas
100
This party was for slavery staying in the south but no further expansion in the territories.
Who is The Republican Party
100
Confederate States of America's president
Who is Jefferson Davis
100
was the average price of a healthy male slave in the 1860's
What is 1700-2000 dollars (15 to 20,000 in todays currency)
100
was the author of the Crittenden Compromise
Who is John J. Crittenden
200
Was the 16th president of the United states during the civil war.
Who is Abraham Lincoln
200
This party was for protection and expansion of slavery in the union.
Who is The Southern Democratic Party
200
SC., MS., FL., AL., GA., LA., TX.
Who is the first seven states that seceded from the union
200
If slavery gets repelled then the southern plantation owner stand to lose a lot of this
What is Money
200
warns that compromise is a step backwards
Who is Abraham Lincoln
300
Was the Southern Democratic candidate, who came from a wealthy family in Kentucky, and was the last Secretary of State in the CSA.
Who is John C. Breckinridge
300
This party was for the protection of the union, the enforcement of the law, and hoped that the slavery issue would simply disappear.
Who is The U.S. Constitution Union Party
300
was the central issue in the 1860 election
What is Slavery
300
Abraham Lincoln and the south believe without this slavery will whither away.
What is Slavery expansion in the territories
300
has six amendments and four resolutions with major concessions for the south.
What is the Crittenden Compromise
400
Was the U.S. Constitution party candidate, served as the 16th speaker of the house, and was part of Tyler's cabinet that resigned.
Who is John Bell
400
This party was for Popular Soveriegnity
Who is The Northern Democrats
400
believes the south to be bluffing about leaving the union.
Who is Abraham Lincoln and/or The republicans
400
A theory that states when the government no longer represents the people they have the right to dissolve or secede from that government.
What is The Compact Theory
400
was a candidate in the election but afterward help to keep Kentucky and Western part of Virginia in the union.
Who is John Bell
500
Was the prominet candidate for the republican party in the 1860 election but was defeated in the convention after the third vote by Abraham Lincoln.
Who is William Seward
500
This party was for supporting protective tariffs, federally sponsored internal improvements, and a homestead bill and federal assistance for a transcontinental railroad to be built over the central route.
Who is The Republican Party
500
was the vice president for the Confederate States of America.
Who is Alexander Stephens
500
were the president and president elect who do nothing about the deep south seceding from the union up to the Fort Sumter Crisis.
Who is James Buchanan and Abraham Lincoln
500
after losing two key states realizes Lincoln has won and said it is time to help Lincoln preserve the Union. Shortly after that dies of typhoid.
Who is Stephen Douglas