This Youtube video is a brief description of WHO Lincoln is
Election of 1860 and How Lincoln Won:
* Lincoln nominated by Republicans
* Tried to reassure South he would not interfere with slaves, BUT south does not believe
* The Democrat Party was split along sectional lines (Like Whigs were several years back)
* Was a 4 - way election
* Lincoln (Republicans), Douglas (Northern Democrats), Breckinridge (Southern Democrats), Bell (Constitutional Union)
* How Democrats split
* Could not decide who to pick nominee, boiling angers between North and South
* Constitutional Union formed because wanted to preserve Union
* Tried to reassure South he would not interfere with slaves, BUT south does not believe
* The Democrat Party was split along sectional lines (Like Whigs were several years back)
* Was a 4 - way election
* Lincoln (Republicans), Douglas (Northern Democrats), Breckinridge (Southern Democrats), Bell (Constitutional Union)
* How Democrats split
* Could not decide who to pick nominee, boiling angers between North and South
* Constitutional Union formed because wanted to preserve Union
Results
* Lincoln wins by a majority in Electoral votes and got 39.79% popularity votes (Mostly Northern states)
* Seven Southern states secede from the union and form the Confederate States when Lincoln becomes president
* Ruled under President Jefferson Davis
* President Buchanan could not stop them (president at time)
* South Carolina secedes 4 days after election, followed by Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas
* 4 more secede later on total of 11
* Seven Southern states secede from the union and form the Confederate States when Lincoln becomes president
* Ruled under President Jefferson Davis
* President Buchanan could not stop them (president at time)
* South Carolina secedes 4 days after election, followed by Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas
* 4 more secede later on total of 11
Key Figures:
Abraham Lincoln: Elected in election of 1860 to become the 16th President of the United States.
Clarity of Emphasis:
*Southern States begin to secede even before Lincoln's inauguration
*Civil War officially starts in April of 1861
*Civil War officially starts in April of 1861
Place in History:
*South were already angry and feared North would eventually abolish slavery
*Southern slave power diminishing from Compromise of 1850, South power in congress weakening
*Election would decide whether the South would remain or secede
*Lincoln was a republican and at the time meant that he was anti-slavery
*Southern slave power diminishing from Compromise of 1850, South power in congress weakening
*Election would decide whether the South would remain or secede
*Lincoln was a republican and at the time meant that he was anti-slavery
Impact to Civil War:
*Lincoln winning presidency was final straw for South, believed he would try to abolish slavery
*South (7 states at first) seceded followed by 4 others
*Civil War starts in April
*South (7 states at first) seceded followed by 4 others
*Civil War starts in April
Links for further information:
http://www.history.com/topics/presidential-elections/page2
http://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-abraham-lincoln
http://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-abraham-lincoln
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