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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... north of the 36 ° 30 ' parallel , a restriction on the spread of slavery agreed to in the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Lincoln was appalled by this reversal of three decades of settled policy . He was opposed to any further spread of ...
... north of the 36 ° 30 ' parallel , a restriction on the spread of slavery agreed to in the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Lincoln was appalled by this reversal of three decades of settled policy . He was opposed to any further spread of ...
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... north of the 36° 30' parallel in the enormous Louisiana territory purchased from France in 1803. Yates in 1854 had criticized “the opening of this dangerous agitation, fraught with such imminent peril to the existence of the 8 LINCOLN ...
... north of the 36° 30' parallel in the enormous Louisiana territory purchased from France in 1803. Yates in 1854 had criticized “the opening of this dangerous agitation, fraught with such imminent peril to the existence of the 8 LINCOLN ...
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... North and South. .. .”30 (The “North” was used to describe the free states while the “South” referred to slave states. This division had historically threatened the “Union” sealed by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.) The Kansas ...
... North and South. .. .”30 (The “North” was used to describe the free states while the “South” referred to slave states. This division had historically threatened the “Union” sealed by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.) The Kansas ...
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... North. Law partner William H. Herndon wrote that Lincoln quickly understood that the Kansas-Nebraska Act's passage presented more than a “live issue.” Herndon recalled: “In the office discussions he grew bolder in his utter- ances. He ...
... North. Law partner William H. Herndon wrote that Lincoln quickly understood that the Kansas-Nebraska Act's passage presented more than a “live issue.” Herndon recalled: “In the office discussions he grew bolder in his utter- ances. He ...
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... explain his actions in Congress during the summer. Douglas chose to attack the Know-Nothing movement across the North; he needed a demon, and the secretive apparatus of the nativists in the On the Road to the Springfield Speech 19.
... explain his actions in Congress during the summer. Douglas chose to attack the Know-Nothing movement across the North; he needed a demon, and the secretive apparatus of the nativists in the On the Road to the Springfield Speech 19.
Contenido
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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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