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 […]
