1860

songs/puns to spread their message, the media event of Jackson returning to New Orleans, and the smear tactics used against Adams. Lincoln’s campaign team was intelligent in an arguably more deceiving way, printing counterfeit admission passes to fill the convention with Lincoln men and bargaining with corrupt politicians to glean votes from the necessary delegates, though still as brilliant as the Jackson team. However, when it boils down to numbers, Jackson had the more successful campaign. He earned sixty-eight percent of the electoral vote (“Miscellaneous, the Presidency” 200) and fifty-six percent of the popular vote (Parsons 181), compared to Lincoln’s fifty-nine percent of the electoral vote and forty percent of the popular vote (“1860 Presidential Election Results”). The political climates of both elections were quite different, since in 1828 slavery was not a dire issue (Parsons page), and Jackson, having been born in the south, had tremendous support in the region. Thirty-two years later, when Lincoln ran for president, slavery was the defining issue of the campaign, and he…

The theme of "O Captain! My Captain!" is that sacrifices have to be made in order to be successful and gain greatness. Elegy: somber toned poem, lament for the dead This poem is an Elegy in honor of Abraham Lincoln. Walt Whitman wrote this poem a little after Lincoln's assassination. This poem is a big metaphor because it is about a captain -Abraham Lincoln- and his crew -Lincoln's followers- obtaining their sought out prize-winning the civil war- but after getting what they want the captain…

Overcoming Fear Why do others feel afraid while others fear nothing? There was a moment in the in early morning of November 19, 1863 that Abraham Lincoln never felt so weak. He was staying at a lodge in Gettysburg and was getting ready to deliver his speech to the crowd to dedicate to the new Gettysburg memorial. He woke up with a severe headache and felt he had a fever coming on, felt nervous about delivering his speech, and felt that it wouldn’t properly honor the soldiers who died fighting in…

From 1860-1877, the United States had gone through many important events. For one, Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860. Lincoln’s election would end up sparking the bloodiest war in American history, the American Civil War. The war raged on from April 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865. After the war was over, Radical Republicans took control of Reconstruction until 1877 when it finally ended with the election of Rutherford B. Hayes. Through all of these events, there were many changes and…

Election of 1860 1860 By 1860, the Democratic Party was torn apart into a battle between the southerners, who demanded the endorsement of slavery, and the westerners, who supported using popular sovereignty. In their party convention in April, and when the convention endorsed popular sovereignty, delegates from eight southern states walked out. The remaining delegates were unable to decide on one candidate, and met again in June. There, they decided to nominate Stephen Douglas. Other southern…

In the 1860s, there was neither a doctor nor even nurse that had yet come up or establishes biology and was semi dumb of the causes and reasons of such diseases in the 1860s. In the Civil War doctors went too medical school for only about two or four years more of school. Now in the Civil War time period medical improvements were so little, they practically wasn’t there at all, and that goes the same for doctors. The medicine time in the 1860s was the new start of the equipment that we use…

Constitution is still in effect and holding the nation together and giving it boundaries to abide by. However, slavery is becoming a major issue that is starting to divide the nation. Much of the north is against slavery completely, whereas much of the south is a strong supporter of slavery. During the early 1800’s, there were many presidential elections with all the candidates looking the fill the rolls of George Washington and John Adams that had come before. All of the candidates looked to…

Throughout history presidency is known as one of the most important positions in all of American government. Whoever is determined to be president has the responsibility of shaping the way people look at America as a whole through not only their actions but also through their words. I’m sure we can call agree that the essence of the presidency has certainly evolved considerably over the course of American history. Although the twentieth century is revolved around a president-centered government,…

Primary topic of debate in the election of 1860: SLAVERY After losing a seat in the senate, Lincoln began touring and giving speeches all over the north campaigning for many republicans and basically laid the base for his candidacy for the presidency. Because of this, many republicans owed him one and established a solid group of supporters and allies Lincoln beat William Seward in the party's nomination After his debates with Lincoln, Douglass was alienated from the southern democrats and…

The years between 1860 and 1870 presented the people of the United States and their politicians with many social and constitutional dilemmas. These challenges have been escalating through years. The Civil War and other historical events would bring the United States to the forefront of a drastic transformation. This would have lasting implications on not only those who lived through the time period, but also those who would live in the future, revolutionary America. The social and…