You are David Davis, a manager of Abraham Lincoln's long-shot bid for the presidential nomination at the 1860 Republican Convention. The first ballot did not go very well with Lincoln far behind William Seward. Senator Simon Cameron controls the Pennsylvania delegation's votes. He is open to throwing his support behind Lincoln, but only if you demonstrate your understanding of 1840s-50s US politics by cracking four codes. Study your vocabulary, crack the codes, get Pennsylvania's votes, and win the 1860 Republican presidential nomination!
Credits:
Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Helser, 1860 (Wikimedia Commons)
Abraham Lincoln Presidency Campaign Banner (Wikimedia Commons)
The Election of 1860 & the Road to Disunion: Crash Course US History #18
Lincoln Debating Douglas (Wikimedia Commons)
National Republican Platform May 17, 1860 (Wikimedia Commons)
Created in 2017 Tom Mullaney. E-mail mistermullaney@gmail.com with questions. Please include the URL of the breakout in your message.