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16.) Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865
05/01/21 • 62 min
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When Abraham Lincoln was elected, the south didn't take it too well. Before he was even sworn in, seven states had already seceded, and four more joined the confederacy in the months that followed. The fate of the union was at stake.
Follow along as Lincoln goes from country lawyer to U.S. President and then leads the nation to reunification by winning the PR war, finding a general who can win the shooting war, and eventually ending slavery once and for all.
Bibliography
1. Abraham Lincoln – David Herbert Donald
2. Team of Rivals - Doris Kearns Goodwin
3. James Buchanan – Jean H. Baker
4. Polk: The man who transformed the presidency – Walter R. Borneman
5. Embattled Rebel – James M. McPherson
6. Grant – Jean Edward Smith
7. Andrew Johnson – Annette Gordon-Reed
When Abraham Lincoln was elected, the south didn't take it too well. Before he was even sworn in, seven states had already seceded, and four more joined the confederacy in the months that followed. The fate of the union was at stake.
Follow along as Lincoln goes from country lawyer to U.S. President and then leads the nation to reunification by winning the PR war, finding a general who can win the shooting war, and eventually ending slavery once and for all.
Bibliography
1. Abraham Lincoln – David Herbert Donald
2. Team of Rivals - Doris Kearns Goodwin
3. James Buchanan – Jean H. Baker
4. Polk: The man who transformed the presidency – Walter R. Borneman
5. Embattled Rebel – James M. McPherson
6. Grant – Jean Edward Smith
7. Andrew Johnson – Annette Gordon-Reed
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[Abridged] Presidential Histories - 16.) Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865
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16.) Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865
Welcome to Abridged Presidential Histories with Kenny Ryan. Episode 16, Abraham Lincoln, the great emancipator.
On March 4, 1861, the United States was a wreck.
Or maybe I should say, what was left of the united states was a wreck.
A decade of disastrous presidential leadership had turned the divide between the north and south into a chasm. After John Brown’s attempted slave insurrection and raid on Harper’s ferry, Southern politici
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