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The Election of 1860

The Election of 1860. The Election that Ripped Apart a Nation. President James Buchanan. “Old Buck” safe choice to win (therefore useless) Two major M.O.s: Dred Scott v. Sandford Lecompton Constitution. The Democrats. Convention #1: Charleston, SC - April (1860) - platform fight

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The Election of 1860

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  1. The Election of 1860 The Election that Ripped Apart a Nation

  2. President James Buchanan “Old Buck” • safe choice to win (therefore useless) • Two major M.O.s: • Dred Scott v. Sandford • Lecompton Constitution

  3. The Democrats Convention #1: Charleston, SC - April (1860) - platform fight - 51 cotton state reps leave - no 2/3 majority for Douglas Convention #2: Baltimore, MD - June 18 - cotton states walk again (110 reps) - northern Democrats choose…

  4. Stephen Douglas “The Little Giant” • popular sovereignty • Fugitive Slave Law • Kansas-Nebraska Act • Northern Democrats

  5. John C. Breckinridge • extend slavery into the territories • annex Cuba • moderate from Kentucky • pro-union • southern Democrats

  6. The Republicans Convention: Chicago, IL (mid-May) Contenders: - William Seward - “irrepressible conflict” - Abraham Lincoln - “Success Rather Than Seward”

  7. Abraham Lincoln “Old Abe” • nonextension of slavery • protective tariff • immigrant rights • Pacific railroad • internal improvements • free homesteads

  8. John Bell Constitutional Unionist • former Speaker, Secretary of War (Harrison) • slaveowner from Tennessee • “Do Nothings” and “Old Gentleman’s Party”

  9. Election of 1860

  10. Fallout • South holds 4-5 majority in Supreme Court • No clear majority in Congress (Republicans not in power) • Lincoln elected as minority president • 18 free states outnumber 15 slave states • South Carolina makes good on its threat in December of 1860

  11. Free States California Oregon Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania New York New Jersey Connecticut Rhode Island Massachusetts New Hampshire Vermont Maine Slave States Texas Louisiana Arkansas Missouri Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Georgia Florida South Carolina North Carolina Virginia Delaware Maryland

  12. Secession (1861)

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