<p>Name: ______</p><p>Election of 1860: Analyze Election Data</p><p>Directions: Examine the political data on the map and graphs and answer the following questions.</p><p>1. List the popular vote and percentage for the four candidates:</p><p> a. Abraham Lincoln (Republican):</p><p> b. Stephen A. Douglas (N. Democrat)</p><p> c. John C. Breckinridge (S. Democrat):</p><p> d. John Bell (Constitutional Union Party):</p><p>2. List the electoral vote and percentage for each of the four candidates:</p><p> a. Abraham Lincoln (R): </p><p> b. Stephen A. Douglas (ND):</p><p> c. John C. Breckinridge (SD):</p><p> d. John Bell (CU):</p><p>3. What was the total number of electoral votes in 1860?</p><p>4. How many electoral votes were needed to win the 1860 election?</p><p>5. All four candidates were not on the ballot in every state. Using the data, how can you tell this?</p><p>6. Rank the candidates in order of electoral vote. 7. Rank the candidates in order of popular vote.</p><p>8. Why did Stephen Douglas, who was second in popular votes, have so few electoral votes?</p><p>9. If the Democratic Party ran only one candidate, would that candidate have won the election? Use the data to tell why or why not.</p><p>10. Using the map, tell which region supported each candidate.</p><p>11. How did the election of 1860 demonstrate the divisions between regions of the US in 1860?</p><p>12. Southerners believed that the results of the election of 1860 demonstrated the political domination of the north. Does the election data prove that statement true or false? Explain why.</p>
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