SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
THE ELECTION OF 1860
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Abraham Lincoln
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Stephen Douglas
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John Bell
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John Breckinridge
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Detailed explanation-1: -Near the end of the American Civil War, incumbent President Abraham Lincoln of the National Union Party easily defeated the Democratic nominee, former General George B. McClellan, by a wide margin of 212–21 in the electoral college, with 55% of the popular vote.
Detailed explanation-2: -Known as “the Little Giant” because his political stature far exceeded his height of five-foot-four, Illinois senator Stephen A. Douglas remained a prominent national figure from his first election to the Senate in 1847 until his death in 1861.
Detailed explanation-3: -Aided by Jefferson Davis, Douglas convinced President Pierce to support his proposal. Douglas’s proposal, which would come to be known as the Kansas–Nebraska Act, provoked a strong reaction in the North, where the repeal of the Missouri Compromise was unpopular.