The Election of 1860

Which sentence from the article shows Southern Democrats' MAIN opinion about slavery?

• The bill didn't pass, but it opened the door for later anti-slavery legislation.

• The party, it was decided, would not seek to end slavery in those states where it was currently legal..

• Southern Democrats felt slavery should be expanded, while Northern Democrats opposed the idea.

• It deep-seated divisions between the North and South over the issues of slavery & states' rights.

Which paragraph in the section "Election Results" best supports the conclusion that Lincoln was unpopular in the South?

• On November 6, 1860, voters cast their vote for president of the United States. Lincoln won the election in an Electoral College landslide. He received 180 electoral votes, although he secured less than 40 percent of the popular vote.

• The North had many more people than the South, and therefore it had control of the Electoral College. Lincoln did very well in the Northern states, but didn't carry a single Southern state.

• The Southern vote was split between Breckenridge and Bell. Breckenridge won 72 electoral votes, while Bell won 39.

• The Election of 1860 firmly established the Democratic and Republican parties as the majority parties in the United States. It also confirmed deep-seated divisions between the North and South over the issues of slavery and states' rights.

Read the section "Democrats Split Over Slavery. "How does this section contribute to the article's main idea?

• By highlighting the disagreements that caused the breakup of the Democratic Party.

• By explaining why Southern Democrats disagreed with the Republican plan to end slavery.

• By showing how slavery affected the economy of the Southern states.

• By describing how Southern Democrats wanted slavery spread into new states.

Read the section "1860 Republican National Convention. "What does this section explain that others do not?

• how the Republican Party was formed

• how Abraham Lincoln worked to end slavery

• how Abraham Lincoln got involved with politics

• how the Republican Party felt about slavery

This article is mostly organized using chronology. Why did the author choose to organize the information this way?

• To describe the relationship between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.

• To highlight the differences between the four candidates in the Election of 1860.

• Both sections highlight the consequences of Abraham Lincoln's Election in 1860.

• Both sections describe why Abraham Lincoln wanted to end slavery.