Who do you think is the greatest president of all time? If your answer was Abraham Lincoln, people...

Who do you

think is the

greatest

president of all time?

If your answer was Abraham Lincoln, people in 1863 would

have laughed at you!

1864 ELECTION!!!1864 ELECTION!!!

People don’t like LincolnPeople don’t like Lincoln ○ ○ Resent the draftResent the draft ○ ○ High taxesHigh taxes ○ ○ War wearinessWar weariness ○ “ ○ “Dictator Like” Dictator Like” ○ ○ Are we ready for Are we ready for Emancipation?Emancipation?

DEMOCRATS –

-George McClellan (38 yr old candidate)

- Blamed losses on Lincoln; wants faster end to the war.


PROPOGANDA…PROPOGANDA…

"Mr. Lincoln, give me back my 500,000 sons!!!"In this cartoon the President attempts to distract Liberty from demanding that her sons not be sent into battle. In 1863, faced with declining forces of volunteers, Congress enacted a draft for the first time, calling for 500,000 men to fight for the Union. The order, signed by the president, lies on the floor at Lincoln's feet.

Lincoln himself thinks

his chance

s aren’t good for re-electio

n!

Some Some fun fun

quotesquotes… …

don’t don’t write write these these down! down! STOP STOP

TAKING TAKING NOTES! NOTES!

“I am going to be beaten and

unless some great

change takes place, badly

beaten.”

His His opponentopponents will s will argue argue that that Lincoln is Lincoln is two-two-faced!faced!

““If I were two-faced, would I be If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?”wearing this one?”

Lincoln has his own view on why people should vote for him…

““Don’t Don’t change change horses in horses in the the middle of middle of a a stream.”stream.”

Stop hanging out and start taking notes again!!!

Lincoln wins Republican NominationVP - Hannibal Hamlin (Maine),

anti-slave supporter, out


1860 campaign poster1860 campaign posterHannibal Hamlin during his Vice PresidencyHannibal Hamlin during his Vice Presidency

Andrew Andrew JohnsonJohnson

-New VP New VP (Tennessee; (Tennessee; only Southern only Southern Senator who Senator who didn’t resign)didn’t resign)

-Hope to Help Hope to Help Heal UnionHeal Union


Lincoln shaking hands with a Workman as children cavort in front of a school house.

George McClellan shaking hands with Jefferson Davis while a slave stands on an auction block.

Lincoln benefits from - - Soldier vote

- Sherman win in Atlanta


- Popular vote close


Electoral landslide (212 Lincoln ;21

McClellan)

- Popular vote close

McClellan won only Kentucky, Delaware, and New Jersey.McClellan won only Kentucky, Delaware, and New Jersey.

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