10 free AP U.S. History practice questions in the real exam format, covering the official content areas, with an explanation for every answer.
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Period 5: 1844-1877
Presidential Election of 1860
Candidate (party)
Popular vote
Share of popular vote
Electoral votes
Where electoral votes were won
Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1,867,000
39.8%
180
All 18 free states (4 of New Jersey’s 7 electors)
Stephen A. Douglas (Northern Democrat)
1,379,000
29.4%
12
Missouri; 3 of New Jersey’s 7 electors
John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democrat)
854,000
18.2%
72
11 slave states, including all of the Lower South
John Bell (Constitutional Union)
592,000
12.6%
39
Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee
Popular votes from the American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara (1,867,198; 1,379,434; 854,248; 591,658), rounded to the nearest thousand; other compilations differ slightly. Electoral votes: National Archives, Electoral College results, 1860.
Questions 19–22 refer to the table.
The election results shown in the table most directly led to