Wide Awake Campaign Ribbon, 1860
name: label: associated person
content: Lincoln, Abraham
notes: label: Description
content: When Abraham Lincoln ran for president as a Republican in 1860, he had the support of an unprecedented movement known as the Wide Awakes. This organization was made up of young northern men, mostly in their teens and twenties, who supported the Republican party in opposing the expansion of slavery. Wide Awakes held massive rallies at night, across the north, in which they paraded in military uniforms, and helped Abraham Lincoln win the presidency in 1860. The movement helped Lincoln defeat defeated John Breckenridge, Stephen A Douglas, and John Bell in a complicated four-way race.
topic: label: used
content: Political Campaigns
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content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1860.J01
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1860.J01
label: accession number
content: 227739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Badge
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, silk (ribbon material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (photograph material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (shield material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 3 1/16 in; 20.32 cm x 7.77875 cm