Great Americans

I. Presidential Reconstruction A. 13th Amendment 1. National Union Party platform--at Lincoln's insistence, the National Union Party ado...

I. Republican challengers A. John C. Fremont--never really became a serious challenger, although he had the backing of a large contingent of...

CSA: Confederate States of America (the movie we watched in class) engaged in what is known as “alternative” history—that is, history that ...

I. The Political Terrain A. Foreign Policy 1. Great Britain--the British government, under heavy pressure from the US ambassador Charles Ada...

The Gilbert Text of the Gettysburg Address : AP reporter Joseph L. Gilbert was granted permission to look at Lincoln's written address, ...

I. Emancipation Proclamation A. Preliminary Proclamation 1. Issued 22 September 1862--by the midsummer of 1862, Lincoln had decided to ann...

I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the near...