Election of 1860 and the Secession that followed

Essential Question: How were the results of the election of 1860 representative of the deep divisions over slavery?

     The essential question has to do with the secession of states due to the election of 1860.  We learned how election impacted the secession by looking at the Civil War in Art and reading the information provided with the artwork.  Then in pairs we created videos on the Educreation app to demonstrate our knowledge on the topic.  There were deep divisions over slavery and the results of the election show this because lots of states in the South were pro-slavery states while the ones in the North were totally against slavery.  The North obviously voted for Lincoln who was against slavery.  Meanwhile, Breckenridge, a Southern democrat who believed there were no limits on slavery obviously gained the votes from the Southerners who wanted to preserve slavery.  

This map shows the states that seceded and those that chose not to.  The states colored in yellow (Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia etc.) did not secede.  The states in the North colored in blue were all of the free states and in the South the states colored in red were the states that chose to secede.  The election of 1860 really caused a secession between the United States!

Here is the video my partner and I created:







The Civil War in Art.  http://www.civilwarinart.org/exhibits/show/causes/introduction/the-election-of-1860-and-seces

https://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/election/30122505/?s=S4CQ5U