As we are moving through our slavery unit and approaching the 1860's, we have been taking a look at what was occurring on the political front. After the "Bleeding Kansas" debacle and the 1858 Illinois election between Stephen Douglass a democrat who whole-heartedly believes in popular sovereignty; against Abraham Lincoln, a republican who wanted to halt the expansion of slavery. This was followed by the raid at Harpers Ferry in Virginia. These events accumulated to the election of 1860 for president. A race between four candidates each representing vastly differing parties.
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