The Election of 1860

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The Election of 1860

• Lincoln, Douglas, Breckenridge, Bell
• Democratic party splits
• Douglas, Breckenridge
• Abraham Lincoln chosen as Republican nominee
• Lincoln a moderate on slavery
• Came from Illinois
• Rise from frontier cabin to presidential candidate

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Republican Platform

• Called for high tariffs to protect northern
  industry
• Promised free homesteads
• Grants of land to live on and farm
• Supported transcontinental railroad through the
  Midwest
• Halt to the spread of slavery

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Results

• Douglas is only candidate who campaigned in every
  section of country.
• Wins only Missouri
• Lincoln wins support in North and West
• 40 of popular vote
• 180 electoral votes
• Southerners viewed Lincoln as a threat to their
  interests