Election of 1860

Question 1

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 1

Republican
-slavery is immoral and shouldn’t expand west, keep Union together
-South shouldn’t secede
-opposed popular sovereignty
* Northerners/abolitionists would vote for him

Question 2

Stephen Douglass

Answer 2

Northern Democrat
-like popular sovereignty
-federal gov’t should play a little role
-decision left to individual states
-citizens should choose a free or slave state
*People who believed in popular sovereignty would vote for him

Question 3

John Bell

Answer 3

Constitutional Union Party
- slavery shouldn’t expand into western lands
-neutral stance on slavery
-needs slavery but doesn’t want war/more compromises
*people who wanted peace and were neutral about slavery would vote for him

Question 4

John Breckinridge

Answer 4

Southern Democrat
-supported slavery throughout south & west
-believed federal gov’t had NO power to control slavery
-southerners/pro-slavery would vote for him