MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
COMPROMISE OF 1850
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81% ____ It was a high voter turnout because people felt strongly about the issues.
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15% ____ It was a low voter turnout because people were disgusted with the issues and showed their disgust by not voting.
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50% ____ This shows that the nation was equally divided.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The national outcome of the 1860 election gave Lincoln a victory in both the popular vote and the electoral vote, with just under 40 percent of the popular vote, which totaled 1, 866, 452, and 180 electoral votes.
Detailed explanation-2: -There were four major candidates for president in the 1860 election.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lincoln won the Electoral College with less than 40 percent of the popular vote nationwide by carrying states above the Mason–Dixon line and north of the Ohio River, plus the states of California and Oregon in the Far West.
Detailed explanation-4: -Abraham Lincoln (Republican) won the presidential election of 1860 in a four-way contest. Although Lincoln received less than 40% of the popular vote, he easily won the Electoral College vote over Stephen Douglas (Democrat), John Breckenridge (Southern Democrat), and John Bell (Constitutional Union).