The Election of Abraham Lincoln

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Across
  1. 3. States formed by seceding Southern states
  2. 7. Party divided between Northern and Southern factions
  3. 11. Union, site of a famous pre-election speech by Lincoln
  4. 12. Name for the United States under Lincoln
  5. 16. Chamber where Lincoln had served
  6. 18. Series of campaign events between Lincoln and Douglas
  7. 20. Party that nominated Lincoln
Down
  1. 1. Republican candidate who won the election
  2. 2. Sixty, year of the election
  3. 4. Proclamation issued by Lincoln during the Civil War
  4. 5. First state to secede after Lincoln's election
  5. 6. Southern Democratic candidate, John C.
  6. 8. Lincoln's question to Douglas about slavery in territories
  7. 9. Vote, Douglas won a plurality in the election
  8. 10. First battle of the Civil War, after Lincoln's inauguration
  9. 13. Hamlin, Lincoln's first vice president
  10. 14. Lincoln's main opponent, Stephen A.
  11. 15. in the Democratic Party benefited Lincoln
  12. 17. Address delivered by Lincoln after the pivotal battle
  13. 19. Votes Lincoln won, 180 out of 303