Compare the issues and results of the 1860 presidential election to those of the 1852 election

The 1852 election was between Democrat Franklin Pierce and General Winfield Scott. This election was the last one to see the Whigs as the main opposition to the Democrats. The issues that were relevant in this election were the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Law and the extension of slavery into other territories. The election caused the decline of the Whig Party.

On the other hand, the election of 1860 was a four-way contest where the victorious one was Abraham Lincoln. This served as one of the catalyst for the Civil War. Some of the relevant issues in this campaign were slavery, the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the case Dred Scott v. Sandford. It also led to the rise of the Republican Party.

the most famous of all the units fighting in cuba, the "rough riders" was the name given to the first u.s. volunteer cavalry under the leadership of theodore roosevelt. roosevelt resigned his position as assistant secretary of the navy in may 1898 to join the volunteer cavalry. the original plan for this unit called for filling it with men from the indian territory, new mexico, arizona, and oklahoma. however, once roosevelt joined the group, it quickly became the place for a mix of troops ranging from ivy league athletes to glee-club singers to texas rangers and indians.