Introduction: A Nation Transformed by Conflict On March 4, 1865, Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office for his second […]
Introduction: A Nation at a Crossroads As the American Civil War neared its end in 1863, the country faced a […]
Introduction: A Moment of Unprecedented Change On January 9, 1863, just over a week after President Abraham Lincoln signed the […]
Introduction: A Civil War in Politics and Morality The American Civil War, fought from 1861 to 1865, was not only […]
Introduction: The Civil War’s Beginning and the Question of Slavery The American Civil War, which began in April 1861, was […]
The Rise of Abraham Lincoln as a National Republican Figure By 1859, Abraham Lincoln had emerged from relative obscurity to […]
Introduction: The Supreme Court and a Controversial Beginning to Buchanan’s Presidency Just two days after James Buchanan assumed the presidency […]
Introduction: The Turbulent Political Climate of Mid-19th Century America In the mid-1800s, the United States was grappling with one of […]
Introduction: The Political Landscape of 19th Century America In the decades leading up to the American Civil War, the United […]
Introduction: The Roots of an Emancipator’s Conviction Abraham Lincoln’s declaration in April 1864—“I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not […]
The Weight of History on March 4, 1865 When Abraham Lincoln stood to deliver his second inaugural address on March […]
The Weight of the Question As the Civil War raged in 1863, a profound question haunted the American consciousness: “What […]
The Historical Context of the Emancipation Proclamation The American Civil War (1861–1865) was not initially fought to abolish slavery but […]
The Political Crossroads of 1862 As General George McClellan’s Army of the Potomac advanced in the Peninsula Campaign during the […]
The Spark of Freedom: Fugitives Challenge the Union On March 11, 1861—one week after Lincoln’s inauguration and a month before […]
The Making of a National Figure By 1859, Abraham Lincoln had emerged as a prominent figure within the Republican Party, […]
The Historical Context of Slavery and the Supreme Court In March 1857, just two days after James Buchanan’s inauguration as […]
The Political Landscape Before the Peoria Address In the early 1850s, America stood at a crossroads regarding the expansion of […]
The Rise of Lincoln’s Political Identity in the Whig Party In 1859, Abraham Lincoln famously declared, “I have always been […]
The World of Young Lincoln: Slavery on the Frontier Abraham Lincoln’s famous 1864 declaration—”I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is […]
