Please, everyone!

Please, everyone! Don't forget to put your names and who's team you are on when you post. It gets confusing for everyone when you don't know who posted what. For the teachers, too -- they can't figure out who to give credit to! And also don't forget the titles.Thank you so much!
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Donkey Vs. Elephant

In many political cartoons, the donkey (representing the Democratic party) is shown fighting against the elephant (representing the Republican Party)

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North or South??? The Democratic Parties

The difference between a Northern Democrat and a Southern Democrat:
A Northern Democrat probably did not believe in slavery, and was not super conservative. That means that they were looking to the future and had new ideas.
A Southern Democrat believed in slavery, and also had new ideas and a better outlook for the future. A Democrat is a Democrat no matter how you look at it, but maybe it's just a cover. What's in a name, anyway???

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• Southern Democrats and Northern Democrats are both members of the U.S. Democratic Party. The Southern resided in the South and the Northern, the North.

• Northern Democrats and Southern Democrats were largely set apart by opinions of slavery

• Northerners opposed slavery and Southerners fiercely defended it.
  

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Presidential Election of 1860, Part 2

The presidential election of 1860 was crucial. The country was full of unrest. Fortunately, Abraham Lincoln won the race and became the United State's top commander. According to several prominent historian and presidential critics, Lincoln had surprising skill and that is why he prevailed. but on April 12, 1861, Fort Sumter was fired on, and the Civil War began. Lincoln threw a curve ball and took the first legs of war like an old veteran. he had surprising skill and courage for someone with not a lot of political experience. More to come about his presidency!

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Election of 1860

(You can click on the picture to see the key more clearly)

This is a cool picture I found of results of the 1860 election when Abraham Lincoln was elected. Below is a website that had a lot of information on the election and why people liked Lincoln.

http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/st/~clawson/Election1860.html

Did you know that Abraham Lincoln won all but one of the free states?

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Stephen Arnold Douglas

Stephen A. Douglas was Abraham Lincoln's closest competitor in the presidential election of 1860. He got over 25% of the vote. he supported the Dred Scott decision and was against slavery. He was a Northern Democrat, compared to a Southern Democrat. I stumbled upon him when researching the election of 1860, when Lincoln ( a Republican) was elected. I thought he seemed like an interesting person.

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Search Stephen A. Douglas on Wikipedia for more information.