8e US GSE election of 1860

Which choice includes candidates who were BOTH in the 1860 election

• Stephen Douglas, John Calhoun

• Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas

• John Breckinridge, Alexander Hamilton

• Abraham Lincoln, John Brown

Which man was NOT a candidate of the 1860 presidential election?

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Bell

• John C. Calhoun

• Stephen Douglas

Which of these people ran for the Republican Party?

• Abraham Lincoln
• Stephen A. Douglas
• John Breckinridge

Which of these people ran for the Northern Democratic Party?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen A. Douglas

• Frederick Douglass

Which of these people ran for the Southern Democratic Party?

• Abraham Lincoln

• William Garrison

• John Breckinridge

The Election of 1860 was won by the...

• Republican Party
• Northern Democratic Party
• Southern Democratic Party
• Constitutional Union Party

During the Election of 1860...

• The Republican party was split over slavery.

• Whigs won easily

• The Democratic party was split over slavery

• Abraham Lincoln won over 80% of the popular vote

Anti-slavery activists founded the ______________ Party in the northern states in 1854, largely in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

• Republican

• Democratic

• Libertarian

The final tally of the ________________ determines the winner in a presidential election.

• popular vote

• Electoral College

Between 1850 and 1860, which of the following issues was a major area of conflict in  U.S. politics?

• Debate over tariffs
• expansion of slavery
• U.S. policy of neutrality
• Growth of cities