PPT-Lesson 15.4: The Election of 1860

Todays Essential Question What were the political parties platforms candidates issues and outcome in the election of 1860 Vocabulary political party political group organized to gain political power by getting its members elected to office. from the. Council for Economic Education. Council for Economic Education. 122 East 42. nd. Street, Suite 2600. New York, NY 10168. Phone: 212-730-7007 or 1-800-338-1192. Fax: 212-730-1793 . www.councilforeconed.org. Referendum for Electoral Debt. Local Government Unit Debt Act:. Department of Community and Economic Development. PA Law – 53 . Pa.C.S. . Sections 8041-8049. Options Under the Debt Act:. Electoral Debt:. K. now About Key Concept 5.2 To Succeed In APUSH. APUSH Review: Key . Concept . 5.2. www.Apushreview.com. Period 5: 1844 – 1877 . Key Concept 5.2 “Intensified by expansion and deepening regional divisions, debates over slavery and other economic, cultural, and political issues led the nation into civil war.”. And Secession. Abraham Lincoln’s election in 1860, was the . first step towards the outbreak of the Civil War. South Carolinians feared the victory of a Republican president would bring an end to slavery & seceded from the USA. The War Begins: 1860-1861. Election of 1860. Following the raid on Harper’s Ferry by John Brown and his execution, the nation was sharply polarized. Northern abolitionists considered Brown a martyr for the cause of abolitionism, while Southerners considered him a terrorist. This polarization spilled over into the 1860 Presidential Election. . 1860 Election. Library of Congress. 1860 Election. http://faculty.umf.maine.edu/walter.sargent/public.www/web 232/sumter page.html. 1860 Election. Red. – Lincoln. Yellow. – Bell. Blue. – Douglas. In what ways did the election of Lincoln lead the Southern states to secede from the Union?. Essential. Question. political party:. political group organized to gain political power by getting its members elected to office.. United States in 1820. Stereotypes. North. Southerners were:. aristocratic (high-. felut’n. ). Lazy. Only successful due to slave labor . Stereotypes. South. Northerners were:. Greedy Capitalists. Materialistic. 1. Canals, steamboats, and railroads revolutionized American economic and social life during the antebellum period between 1820 and 1860.. 2. Key transportation developments. Turnpikes such as the National Road promoted trade and communication with the Old Northwest.. Today’s Essential Question: What were . the political parties, platforms, candidates, issues, and outcome in the election of . 1860?. Vocabulary. political party. – political group organized to gain political power by getting its members elected to office. The 1850s: Road to Secession Compromise of 1850 Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 – 1896) So this is the lady who started the Civil War. -- Abraham Lincoln Uncle Tom’s Cabin 1852 Sold 300,000 copies in The Election of 1860 and Fort Sumter J.A. SACCO The Democratic Party in the Election 1860 After John Brown’s Raid- Democrats last hope for keeping nation together. 1 st convention in Charleston, SC- Douglas seemed to be leading but nomination blocked by Buchanan and Southern Democrats. Birth of the Republican Party, 1854. Northern Whigs.. Northern Democrats.. Free-. Soilers. .. Know-Nothings. . . (Political party from 1854-1856 who was against Germans and Irish Catholic immigrants who they felt were ruining America). Multiagent. System. Based on Jose Vidal’s book. Fundamentals of . Multiagent. Systems. Henry Hexmoor. SIUC. Voting Problem . Plurality Vote: . e.g. General election. Vote for favorite option. Tally votes for most popular.