Candidates
Republican candidate from Illinois who won the election
Who is Abraham Lincoln
Party that focused on stopping the spread of slavery
Republican Party
Number of major candidates in the election of 1860
Four
Region that mostly supported Lincoln
The North (free states)
State that first seceded from the Union
South Carolina
Northern Democrat who supported popular sovereignty
Stephen A. Douglas
Party made up of former Whigs trying to avoid secession
Constitutional Union Party
System used to officially elect the president
Electoral college
Region that mostly supported John Bell
Border States
Fort in South Carolina where conflict began
Sumter
Southern Democrat from Kentucky
John C. Breckinridge
Main issue that divided political parties in 1860
Slavery in the territories
Number of electoral votes Lincoln received
180
Idea that the country was divided into regions with different interests
Sectionalism
Name of the new nation formed by Southern states
Confederate States
Constitutional Union candidate from Tennessee
John Bell
Party that remained unified and helped Lincoln win
Republican Party
State where Lincoln gained his popularity during his Senate race.
Region that mostly supported Breckinridge
The South
Lincoln said the real problem was this: can a smaller group of states do this whenever they don’t agree with the majority?
Lincoln’s vice president from Maine
Hannibal Hamlin
Party that split into Northern and Southern groups
Democratic Party
Percentage of the popular vote Lincoln received
39.8%
Type of states between North and South that had mixed loyalties
Border States
Date South Carolina seceded
December 20, 1860