Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning PointStackpole Books, 2008 M06 13 - 400 páginas The pivotal speech that changed the course of Lincoln's career and America's history. Complete examination of the speech, including the full text delivered in 1854 in Peoria, Illinois. |
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... Know- Nothing movement , opposed to unchecked immigration , had stirred in Illinois , where the Democratic Party's dominance was under challenge . The Kansas - Nebraska legislation and the nativist Know - Nothings put party loyalties to ...
... Know- Nothing movement , opposed to unchecked immigration , had stirred in Illinois , where the Democratic Party's dominance was under challenge . The Kansas - Nebraska legislation and the nativist Know - Nothings put party loyalties to ...
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... Know-Nothings rallied against Douglas, a favorite of Irish Catholic immigrants in Illinois. When Kentucky aboli ... Know-Nothing movement across the North; he needed a demon, and the secretive apparatus of the nativists in the On the ...
... Know-Nothings rallied against Douglas, a favorite of Irish Catholic immigrants in Illinois. When Kentucky aboli ... Know-Nothing movement across the North; he needed a demon, and the secretive apparatus of the nativists in the On the ...
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... Know-Nothings are suspected of being about, but no one knows anything of them or what they design,” con- tended the senator's journalistic mouthpiece, the Illinois State Register.60 The Democratic defensive strategy had limited success ...
... Know-Nothings are suspected of being about, but no one knows anything of them or what they design,” con- tended the senator's journalistic mouthpiece, the Illinois State Register.60 The Democratic defensive strategy had limited success ...
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... Know - Nothings , believing that they had incited the crowd against him . But the noise and heckling were too much ... nothing like violence at any time , but there was disorder growing out of the fact that the people had come prepared ...
... Know - Nothings , believing that they had incited the crowd against him . But the noise and heckling were too much ... nothing like violence at any time , but there was disorder growing out of the fact that the people had come prepared ...
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... known as Know - Nothings , which opposed immigrants , especially Irish and German Catholics . Lincoln reflected on the strain when he wrote Yates from Jacksonville in late October : " I am here now going to Quincy , to try to give Mr ...
... known as Know - Nothings , which opposed immigrants , especially Irish and German Catholics . Lincoln reflected on the strain when he wrote Yates from Jacksonville in late October : " I am here now going to Quincy , to try to give Mr ...
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THE IDEAS AND ARGUMENTS 101 | 101 |
V THE ROAD FROM PEORIA 153 | 153 |
VI CHALLENGING DRED SCOTT THE SUPREME COURT AND DOUGLAS 189 | 189 |
VII PEORIA CHARACTERIZES THE LINCOLN PRESIDENCY 217 | 217 |
VIII CODA 257 | 257 |
Full Text of Speech at Peoria Illinois 289 | 289 |
Acknowledgments 329 | 329 |
Milestones in the Lives of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A Douglas 341 | 341 |
Notes 352 | 352 |
Bibliography 382 | 382 |
Index 396 | 396 |
Back Cover | 413 |
IX THE PEORIA SPEECH AND THE HISTORIANS RECORD 269 | 269 |
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Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning Point : Getting Right with the Declaration of ... Lewis E. Lehrman Vista de fragmentos - 2008 |
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