Visit the following website, and read about the presidential election of 1860. Also click on the links to learn more about the candidates and the issues: http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h92.html (Links to an external site.)
Also read the party’s 1860 platforms here: http://www.ushist.com/general-information/1860_national_presidential_election_platforms.shtml (Links to an external site.)
Then write a post in the form of a campaign speech on behalf of one of the candidates. Be sure to discuss:
1) why your chosen candidates' policies are the best ones
2) why your candidates' personal qualities and experience will make him an effective president
3) why his opponent's policies are undesirable. (There are no right or wrong answers here, just arguments made more or less effectively.
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