The Wide Awakes: The 1860 Election Was Influenced By Young People Advocating Against Slavery
None other than Abraham Lincoln owed his 1860 election to this kind of movement. New research is proving that youth activism ...
The New York Times7d
The City Election.
The object which all good citizens should labor to secure in the December contest, is the election of honest and reputable men to both Boards of the Common Council, and to the control of our ...
The Boston Globe24d
Ahead of unprecedented election, looking for lessons in America’s past
We’re entering the last nervous days of a season of contention and of mystery, upheaval, and dread, a time when the country could lurch in entirely different directions or completely lose its way.
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Causes of the Civil War
The election of a Republican, Abraham Lincoln, as President in 1860 sealed the deal. His victory, without a single Southern electoral vote, was a clear signal to the Southern states that they had ...
The Times of Israel25d
It is time to vote in the most important election since 1860
because it is the most important election since 1860. About the Author My understanding of politics, economics, geopolitics, political theory is grounded in my undergraduate and graduate study of ...
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Q&A: How one Cal State professor plans to teach politics during ‘the most important election since 1860’
Sonoma State political science professor David McCuan Credit: Courtesy of David McCuan This fall’s course comes ahead of what McCuan’s syllabus calls “the most important election since 1860” — the ...