America's Civil War
History 393
Study Questions
Professor John C. Willis
 
 
Elections of 1860

 

1.  How did the various parties regard state rights during the 1860 elections? 

2.  What finally convinced former Whig Party supporter George Templeton Strong to cast his vote for Abraham Lincoln? 

3.  The Southern vote in the 1860 presidential election was not unified; what sub-regional patterns were significant?