test captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2008 lilienth . lincoln won the 1860 presidential election because he carried every free state except for a divided electoral vote in new jersey. so he compiled a clear majority in the electoral college and as we all know, of course, it is electoral votes that count. he also amassed far more popular votes than any of the other three candidates. but his plurality victory gained only 40% of the nationwide popular vote. he got no electoral votes and hardly any popular votes in the south. he was not on the ball loballotn southern states. as we have seen an articulate ideological minority of republicans did consider slavery a moral problem, but mainstream republican moderates always said slavery was beyond their reach. lincoln s victory shocked the south. throughout the summer and fall political orators warned of catastrophe. a symbolic humiliation added to southern distress. the south contended for a supposed co
all right. we need to go ahead and get started with our first session today. and it is wonderful to see quite the turnout at 8:30 in the morning for a panel on james buchanan, which is we all know that james buchanan is often overlooked, but we are going to remedy that here in just a moment. i want to quickly introduce our two speakers. first is john quist. john is the tall one standing behind michael. he is a professor of history at shippensberg university. he teaches classes in 19th century u.s. as well as civil war era. he studied at the university of michigan under j. mills thorton. recall michael nieberg who you heard last night also a student of j. mills thorton. john has published a very important book entitled the social roots of antebellum reform in alabama and michigan, and his co-speaker today is michael burkner, excuse me, professor of history at gettysburg college. many of you might remember that michael was the interim director of the civil war institute. he p
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Galvanized by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May of 2020, Cerise Jacobs and her activist opera company, White Snake Projects, developed the virtual opera Death by Life – exploring the intersection of systemic racism and mass incarceration with texts written by incarcerated writers and their families and a score by five Black composers – to stand as a monument of support for the Black Lives Matter movement.