Election of 1860.pptxVIP

Election of 1860 U.S. History A1 Hanxi Chang After a 4-year term of president, President James Buchanan decided to not be in power anymore. As a Democrat, his Democratic Party and his country, the United States had been divided during the 1850s on questions surrounding the expansion of slavery and the rights of slave owners. Historical Background Historical Background In 1860, these slaver issues broke the Democratic Party into Northern and Southern factions, and a new Constitutional Union Party appeared. Also, since the Election of 1856, the Republican Party had been growing really fast. E