The American West Topic Summaries
The 1860 election
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The 1860 election
Early settlement (1835–1861)
- - History of the Plains Indians and Native American tribes
- - The Lakota Sioux
- - Political tensions and the foundations of the United States
- - Factors encouraging westward expansion
- - The problems of migration
- - Profile: Brigham Young
- - Problems with White Settlement farming
- - Conflicts and tension in US government policy
- - The First Fort Laramie Treaty (1851)
- - The Underground Railroad
- - Lawlessness in the West
Civil War (1861–1865)
Reconstruction era (1865–1877)
- - Aftermath of the Civil War
- - Profile: Andrew Johnson
- - White American development and exploitation of the Plains
- - Law and order problems in the West
- - Readmission of states to the Union
- - Ranching and the cattle industry
- - Changes in the Plains Indians’ way of life
- - Conflict with the Plains Indians
Later developments in the West (1877–1895)
Early settlement (1835–1861)
- - History of the Plains Indians and Native American tribes
- - The Lakota Sioux
- - Political tensions and the foundations of the United States
- - Factors encouraging westward expansion
- - The problems of migration
- - Profile: Brigham Young
- - Problems with White Settlement farming
- - Conflicts and tension in US government policy
- - The First Fort Laramie Treaty (1851)
- - The Underground Railroad
- - Lawlessness in the West
Civil War (1861–1865)
Reconstruction era (1865–1877)
- - Aftermath of the Civil War
- - Profile: Andrew Johnson
- - White American development and exploitation of the Plains
- - Law and order problems in the West
- - Readmission of states to the Union
- - Ranching and the cattle industry
- - Changes in the Plains Indians’ way of life
- - Conflict with the Plains Indians
Later developments in the West (1877–1895)
- Abraham Lincoln was the Republican candidate in the presidential election of 1860. He opposed the expansion of slavery but did not call for its immediate abolition where it already existed.
- He won the election without carrying a single Southern state.
- Southern leaders interpreted his election as proof that their interests could no longer be protected within the Union.
- Lincoln’s victory directly triggered secession.
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