Great Americans

I. Question of Secession A. History of Secession 1. Hartford Convention--opposition to the War of 1812 in New England reached such a stage t...

I. Presidential authority President-elect Lincoln--until Lincoln was sworn into office, he had no legal authority to take any action to prev...

Paper Assignment #3 The Lincoln-Douglas Debates are today considered a seminal political event in American History. For this assignment, p...

The most prominent members of Lincoln's cabinet thought themselves better suited to the job than the man who was elected. Lincoln broug...

Lincoln often seemed ambivalent about running for president, and even told friends he thought he was more suited to be a US Senator. While h...

I. Publishing History A. Newspaper Accounts 1. Reporters/stenographers--both the Chicago Press and Tribune (the Republican newspaper) and th...

I. The U.S. Senate Nomination A. Electoral process for the Senate before the 17th Amendment 1. Growing disenchantment with Douglas 2. Illino...