The One that Started it All..

The Election of 1860 ignited the start of the civil war.  It is also responsible for being the reason for the deep divisions of slavery.  These divisions can help explain the reason behind the events of the Fugitive Slave Act and Bleeding Kansas.  The photo below shows how the country was mostly divided between Lincoln and Breckenridge.  Lincoln was against slavery and won every Northern State.  Breckenridge saw slavery as a priority so the Southern states supported him.  Steven A. Douglas only was victorious in one state along with the New Jersey mess.  He split Jersey with Lincoln.  Douglas believed that people should vote on whether slavery should exist or not.  Missouri supported him because people crossing into Kansas to fight where pro slavery.  John Bell wanted to make no changes to the Constitution, which meant he thought slavery should stay so he won the states as you can see are between pro and anti-slavery.  Lincoln went on to win the election with just the support from the North.  The class groups then analyzed the five images of Civil War Art.  One of the images drawn (shown in our video) shows an American flag in the sky on April 11th, 1861.  That was the night before the confederate attacks on Fort Sumter.  Lincoln's men on April 12th fought the rebellions which was the official start of the Civil War.

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