Lincoln’s election was itself evidence of the sectional discord that had ripped the United States apart during the 1850s, as slavery became a critical political ... Major Acts In practical terms, the ...

In addition to being president, Abraham Lincoln was the post-master of ... since Andrew Jackson to win re-election. Challenges Lincoln faced a divided Union. Separated into the Pro-slavery South and ...

But images have been doctored for literally hundreds of years – including one of the most iconic portraits of Abraham Lincoln ... in 1864 onto a painting of slavery advocate John Calhoun ...

He led his nation through the most difficult times it had known, restoring a shattered Union and ending slavery in America ... country no less divided. Abraham Lincoln grew up on the American ...

In this lesson, students interrogate their own assumptions about Abraham Lincoln ... the difference between Lincoln’s historical actions and views regarding slavery and how American history ...