The Canidates
This republican from Illinois won the 1860 election
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln belonged to this political party.
Republican Party
This moral and economic system was the biggest issue in the election.
Slavery
This candidate won the election.
Abraham Lincoln
This major conflict began shortly after the election.
The civil war
This Northern Democrat supported popular sovereignty.
Stephen Douglas
The Democratic Party split into these two factions.
Northern Democrats & Southern Democrats
The idea that states should choose for themselves whether to allow slavery.
Popular Sovereignty
Lincoln won without carrying a single state in this region.
The South
South Carolina did this in December 1860.
Seceded from the Union
This Southern Democrat supported expanding slavery everywhere.
John Breckinridge
This party wanted to save the Union without taking sides on slavery.
Constitutional Union Party
Many Southerners feared Lincoln would end this main institution.
Slavery
How many major candidates ran in 1860?
4
Lincoln said his goal at first was to preserve this.
The Union
This Constitutional Union candidate avoided talking about slavery.
John Bell
This party was brand new in 1860 compared to the others.
Republican Party
This region was strongly anti-slavery and supported Lincoln.
The North
The winner of this system, not the popular vote, becomes president.
The Electoral College
These states were slave states that stayed with the Union.
Border States (ex: Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware)
This candidate came in second in the Electoral College.
John Breckinridge
Former Whigs mostly joined this 1860-party just to prevent breaking the country apart.
Constitutional Union Party
Violence broke out in Kansas when pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers clashed over whether the territory would allow slavery. What was this conflict called?
Bleeding Kansas
These states left the Union soon after Lincoln won.
Southern/Confederate states (South Carolina first, then others)
This new nation formed after Southern states left.
The Confederacy