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Sources

Knights of the Golden Circle / Southern Filibusters

Alexandria VA’s Knights of the Golden Circle https://blogs.weta.org/boundarystones/2016/01/15/civil-war-alexandrias-knights-golden-circle

History of Filibusters https://history.state.gov/milestones/1830-1860/territorial-expansion

William Walker American Filibusters https://hondurastravel.com/honduras-history/william-walker-american-filibuster-central-america/

William Walker King of the Filibusters http://www.historynet.com/william-walker-king-of-the-19th-century-filibusters.htm

Lincoln Fought the Spread of Slavery to Latin America https://www.purdue.edu/uns/x/2009a/090112T-MayLincoln.html

Civil War Times Article http://www.historynet.com/avowed-enemies-country-knights-golden-circle.htm

Knights of the Golden Circle Book Summary https://lsupress.org/books/detail/knights-of-the-golden-circle/

John Bell

Constitutional Unionist Party https://www.nps.gov/arho/upload/Constitutional-Union.pdf

Short Bio http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b000340

Speech in Philadelphia https://www.nytimes.com/1860/05/14/archives/political-presidential-speech-of-hon-john-bell-at-philadelphia.html

Stephen Douglas

Short Biography http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=d000457

Biography https://www.nps.gov/people/stephen-a-douglas.htm

Biography http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Stephen_Douglas

Northern Democratic Party http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Northern_Democratic_Party

John Breckinridge

Breckinridge speech 1860 https://www.nytimes.com/1860/09/06/archives/the-presidency-speech-of-hon-john-c-breckinridge-at-lexingtion-ky.html

Breckinridge Democratic Platform http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=3951

Breckinridge Biography https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/VP_John_Breckinridge.htm

The Man Who Came in Second https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2011/novemberdecember/feature/the-man-who-came-in-second

General

Election of 1860 https://www.tulane.edu/~sumter/Background/BackgroundElection.html

Election of 1860 https://www.nps.gov/subjects/inauguration/election-of-1860.htm

Election 1860 https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/election-of-1860

Slavery poll modern day http://time.com/4236640/donald-trump-racist-supporters/

Video

Dr. Blight Civil War Lecture Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5DD220D6A1282057

Pre-Civil War Videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOoBosrupqYveqlE8c5qsodZC2Oc0oSvK