The Election of 1860

This week in class we learned about the election of 1860 and the events that lead up to this big election. To learn about these events we watched a crash course video on how the slavery issue caused divisions for the fugitive slave law, railroads, republicans, and bleeding Kansas. The essential quest this week was, were the results of the election of 1860 representative of the deep divisions over slavery? To answer the essential question we made a video on educreations to explain the events that took part during the election of 1860.

The Election of 1860

Click the link below to watch the story of the election of 1860

Lincoln finally won the election, but many people were angered from the south. The South did not 
agree with Lincoln about trying to end slavery like what the North wanted. The South wanted to encourage slavery which is why many of them voted for Breckenridge.