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How were the results of the  Election of 1860 representative of the deep divisions  over slavery?

The above question was our essential question for this lesson. It is asking us if the opposing opinions on slavery affected the results of the Election of 1860. To start off this lesson, our class watched the John Green video below. 

The John Green video showed us how the divisions in slavery caused Bleeding Kansas, affected the opinions on railroads, caused controversy with John Brown, made debate topics for Dred Scott and Sanford, etc. Then we took as look at theme map below. This map clearly shows how depending on where people lived there were different views on slavery in that area which influenced who the people in the area voted for in the election of 1860. Next we made an Educreations to tell the story in pictures. Our Educreation can be found here. 

A Nation Divided

       The Civil War caused one nation to divide into two sides with two different opinions on slavery. The North was against it while the South was for it. At the time, the North and the South functioned very differently and that is what brings us to the essential question for this unit, The question is as follows: How did the differences between the North and South affect each region's strategy and success in the war? To try and answer this question, everyone in my class made their own infographic displaying the advantages of each region. From creating this infographic, I think that the most important advantage the North had which helped their success, was their population.Take a closer look at my infographic to see more.