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The Election of 1860

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show Abraham Lincoln  
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Candidate who said the most important issue was preserving the Union, not slavery   show
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show Abraham Lincoln  
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show Abraham Lincoln  
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His party favored the building of the transcontinental railroad   show
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Candidate who won the most Southern electoral votes   show
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show Abraham Lincoln  
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show Stephen A. Douglas  
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Determines who wins a presidential election   show
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show popular vote  
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show platform  
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show convention  
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show popular sovereignty  
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Three things which caused tensions between the North and South just before the election of 1860   show
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show 3  
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show Split in the Democratic Party  
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show Stephen A. Douglas  
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One of the main reasons Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 election   show
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show North and West  
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show electoral vote  
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show popular sovereignty  
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show By each state's popular vote  
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What is a meeting of delegates to nominate their party's presidential candidate?   show
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What is a statement of the ideas and beliefs of a political party?   show
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show Lincoln  
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Lincoln, Breckinridge, Douglas, Bell? Which candidate won the elctoral vote?   show
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In the 1860 election, where did Abraham Lincoln want to ban slavery?   show
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How did President James Buchannan react to the secession of southern states following Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860?   show
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How did Abraham Lincoln feel about the slavery issue in the 1860 election?   show
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How did Stephem Douglas feel about slavery in the 1860 election?   show
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show It should be allowed everywhere; including the territories  
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show It was not as important as the preservation of the Union (United States).  
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What was the political party of Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 presidential election?   show
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What was the political party of Stephen Douglas in the 1860 election?   show
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What was the political party of John Breckinridge in the 1860 election?   show
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What was the political party of John Bell In the 1860 election?   show
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What was Abraham Lincoln's home state?   show
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What was Stephen Douglas' home state?   show
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show Kentucky  
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show Tennessee  
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