Breckinridge's 1860 presidential campaign
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
political campaign
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| gptkbp:advocatesFor |
Southern Democrats
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| gptkbp:alliance |
formed with pro-slavery factions
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| gptkbp:campaigns |
gptkb:Southern_Democratic_National_Committee
pamphlets and speeches defense of slavery nan funded_by_Southern_elites held_in_Southern_cities |
| gptkbp:competitors |
gptkb:John_Bell
gptkb:Stephen_A._Douglas gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln |
| gptkbp:controversy |
gptkb:Lincoln-Douglas_debates
states' rights |
| gptkbp:date |
April 1860
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| gptkbp:electionYear |
gptkb:John_C._Breckinridge
1860 presidential election studied by political historians Abraham_Lincoln_won Breckinridge_became_a_Confederate_general Breckinridge_received_18.1%_of_the_popular_vote. |
| gptkbp:enrollment |
white male voters
|
| gptkbp:historical_analysis |
examined_in_Civil_War_studies
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| gptkbp:historical_figure |
gptkb:John_C._Breckinridge
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| gptkbp:historicalContext |
pre-Civil War America
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| gptkbp:historicalRecords |
preserved in archives
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| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
campaign speeches archived
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Breckinridge's 1860 presidential campaign
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| gptkbp:ideology |
Southern_nationalism
|
| gptkbp:impact |
influenced_the_Democratic_Party_split
|
| gptkbp:influence |
increased_tensions_between_North_and_South
foreshadowed_the_Civil_War |
| gptkbp:keyPeople |
slavery expansion
|
| gptkbp:legacy |
remains a topic of historical interest
|
| gptkbp:locationType |
gptkb:Charleston,_South_Carolina
|
| gptkbp:party |
gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkb:Southern_Democratic_Party |
| gptkbp:platforms |
pro-slavery
|
| gptkbp:politicalParty |
847,953
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| gptkbp:politicalPosition |
appeal to slaveholders
divided nation |
| gptkbp:public_perception |
controversial figure
|
| gptkbp:result |
lost the election
|
| gptkbp:runsThrough |
gptkb:Joseph_Lane
|
| gptkbp:significance |
part_of_the_sectional_conflict_in_the_U.S.
|
| gptkbp:state |
Southern_states
|
| gptkbp:voterTurnout |
gptkb:pro-slavery_Democrats
72 |