November 18th- Creation of the Republican Party and the Election of 1860DO NOW: IN YOUR NOTEBOOKS, WRITE DOWN, 3 IMAGES YOU SEE. WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU THINK THOSE THINGS REPRESENT. WRITE DOWN ONE QUESTION YOU HAVE.

Crash Course: The Road to Civil War

Presidential Election of 1860

The slavery question overshadowed all others in the presidential election year of 1860.

The South threatened that it would secede if Lincoln was elected.

Secede = break away

The Election of 1860 Activity

Students will get into groups of 4-5 and read a biography from one of the candidates and their party platform.

From these readings, your group must make a campaign poster to get your candidate elected.

Look at the rubric for requirements.

Lincoln Wins the Presidency

Lincoln won only 40% of the popular vote… But remember the Electoral

College?

Crittenden Compromise

In December 1860, on the eve of the Civil War, Kentucky Senator John J. Crittenden (1787-1863) introduced legislation aimed at resolving the looming secession crisis in the Deep South.

The “Crittenden Compromise,” as it became known, included six proposed constitutional amendments and four proposed Congressional resolutions that Crittenden hoped would appease Southern states and help the nation avoid civil war.

The compromise would have guaranteed the permanent existence of slavery in the slave states by reestablishing the free-slave demarcation line drawn by the 1820 Missouri Compromise. Though Crittenden’s plan drew support from Southern leaders, its rejection by many Northern Republicans, including President-elect Abraham Lincoln, led to its ultimate failure.

The South Secedes One by one,

Southern states seceded from the Union after Lincoln’s election

Lincoln and many northerners refused to accept the right of the south to secede.

New nation: Confederate States of America