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Democrat from Illinois

Advocates Popular Sovereignty

Famous quote: "I do not intend to make peace with my enemies, nor to make a concession of one iota of principle."

From the video, one important thing to know about Stephen Douglas in terms of the election or his time as a politician is that he _________________________________________________

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(Circle one below)

I feel the South / North / Both / Neither would have voted for him. One reason I think that is because _________________

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Republican from Illinois

Republican Party was formed on the idea that slavery should be abolished and that the union should be preserved at all costs.

Famous quote: "A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved—I do not expect the house to fall—but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other.

From the video, one important thing to know about Abraham Lincoln in terms of the election or his time as a politician is that he ____________________________________________________

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(Circle one below)

I feel the South / North / Both / Neither would have voted for him. One reason I think that is because _________________

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Electoral Math
How many electoral votes did Lincoln have? _____________________ How many electoral votes did Douglas have? _____________________ How many electoral votes did Breckinridge have? _____________________ How many electoral votes did Bell have? _____________________ For which candidate did most of the south vote? _______________________________________ For which candidate most of the north vote? ________________________________________ Who won the election? _______________________________ What is a piece of evidence that proves you are right to the previous question? ________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________

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1. At the start of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln stated that the major reason for fighting the war was to

(1) break the South’s economic ties to Great Britain

(2) uphold the Constitution by preserving the Union

(3) enforce the terms of the Compromise of 1850

(4) punish the Confederate states for leaving the Union

2. Abraham Lincoln’s 1858 warning that “a house divided against itself cannot stand” referred to sectional differences over the

(1) treatment of Native American Indians

(2) issue of slavery

(3) funding for internal improvements

(4) treaties with European nations

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