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.