THE ELECTION OF 1860

FACTS

• Democrats met in Charleston, South Carolina for a national convention in 1860
• The purpose of the national convention was to discuss the issue of popular sovereignty
• Popular sovereignty is when a state can vote either to be a slave state or a free stat
• At the meeting, the democrats spilt into two groups: the Northern and the Southern
• At the same time, the republicans met in Chicago where they nominated Abraham Lincoln

FACTS

• Because Lincoln promised the end to slavery, the South strongly opposed.
• Therefore, not a single electoral vote came from them.
• However, Lincoln managed to win.
• A legislative session was called to debate on Georgia's secession
• Secession is the act of pulling out of the Union.

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