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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coinsarefun, post: 2299879, member: 10187&quot;]The Wide Awakes were a political club that emerged across the North, during the election of 1860.</p><p>They were organized in support of the campaign of Abraham Lincoln.</p><p><br /></p><p>Appealing mainly to those in their teens, twenties, and thirties, the Wide Awakes took on an organized military form.</p><p>They wore uniforms and had ranks and duties. These young men were motivated by the contentious sectional politics of the 1850s.</p><p>Their organization and militaristic nature alarmed the South and helps to explain the fierce opposition to Lincoln’s election.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The group began in Connecticut and probably numbered around 100,000 nationwide. This number would be around 1 million in terms</p><p>of the current-day population. Its organization spread across new communication channels, and in May of 1860</p><p>the marching of the Chicago Wide Awakes at the Republican National Convention introduced the organization to the nation</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i66.tinypic.com/29qm5tz.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is another Lincoln Political</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i68.tinypic.com/t6zfva.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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