Election of 1860

     The results of the Election of 1860 were representative to the deep divisions over slavery. Before the Civil War the U.S. was strictly divided by those who apposed and those who supported the issue of slavery. Below is a map that that displays the results of the Election of 1860. Those in the red supported Lincoln and his views that slavery should be contained. He knew that to abolish slavery completely would cause extreme reactions all over the U.S. so he wanted to contain it in the states where slavery already existed. Douglas which is shown by the dark blue color is a northern democrats and he believed in the expansion of slavery. Bell which is shown by the color pink, wanted to preserve the constitution and the union as it is. This means he supported slavery, since slavery was apart of the constitution. Lastly, Breckinridge who is shown on the map as light blue, is a southern democrat who believed there should be absolutely no limits of slavery.

     In class we created a video in small groups describing the events that lead up to the Election of 1860. We got all of the images and information about these events on a website called, Civil War in Art

Educreations Video