THE NATION BREAKING APART: Lincoln`s Election and Southern
... A. Northern and Southern Democrats disagree about slavery in the party’s platform B. Platform-A political party’s statement of beliefs C. Southern Democrats want platform to defend slavery D. Northern Democrats want platform to support popular sovereignty E. Northerners win platform, 50 Southern Dem ...
... A. Northern and Southern Democrats disagree about slavery in the party’s platform B. Platform-A political party’s statement of beliefs C. Southern Democrats want platform to defend slavery D. Northern Democrats want platform to support popular sovereignty E. Northerners win platform, 50 Southern Dem ...
Secession and the Start of the Civil War Chapter 10 Section 4
... • Uncertainty about whether Kansas would be a slave state or free state • Northern anger over the Dred Scott decision and Fugitive Slave Act • Concern over whether slavery would be allowed in the territories ...
... • Uncertainty about whether Kansas would be a slave state or free state • Northern anger over the Dred Scott decision and Fugitive Slave Act • Concern over whether slavery would be allowed in the territories ...
15-4 Secession and War
... John Bell The Constitution Union Party, moderates from the north and south, nominated John Bell of Tennessee. ...
... John Bell The Constitution Union Party, moderates from the north and south, nominated John Bell of Tennessee. ...
United States presidential election, 1860
The United States presidential election of 1860 was the 19th quadrennial presidential election. The election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860, and served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the American Civil War. The United States had been divided during the 1850s on questions surrounding the expansion of slavery and the rights of slave owners. In 1860, these issues broke the Democratic Party into Northern and Southern factions, and a new Constitutional Union Party appeared. In the face of a divided opposition, the Republican Party, dominant in the North, secured a majority of the electoral votes, putting Abraham Lincoln in the White House with almost no support from the South. Before Lincoln's inauguration, seven Southern states declared their secession and formed the Confederacy.