HOW DID THE ELECTION OF 1860 REFLECT
SECTIONAL DIFFERENCES IN THE UNITED STATES?
DO NOW:
What is the Electoral College?
Is there a relationship between the Popular Vote and the Electoral vote?
WHAT IS THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE?
• The system of electing the President in which each state gets a certain number of
electors
• The number of Electoral votes = the number of Senators + the number of
Representatives in the House for each state
• 48 states allocate their votes on “Winner Takes All” basis
• POPULAR VOTE: the number of votes cast by people
• https://www.270towin.com/historical-presidential-elections/timeline/
• http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=2016
ELECTION OF 1860
ELECTION OF 1860
• NORTH
• SOUTH
• WEST
• BORDER STATES
SECTIONALISM
• People feel more connected to a state or region than to the
nation and put the interest of that state or region above that
of the country.
SOUTH CAROLINA DECLARATION OF CAUSES OF SECESSION-
• State Compact Theory - Constitution is an agreement among states.
• If one state breaks Constitution, other states no longer have to follow it
and can leave Union.
• Northern states violated Constitution by passing personal liberty laws
Also said activities of Abolitionists and election of Lincoln was a threat to
their "property"
ANTEBELLUM
• Occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War.