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• Abraham Lincoln
• African-American Experience and American Racial Attitudes
• Economic Development and Labor
• Frontier Settlement
• Law and Society
• Native American Relations
• Political Development
• Religion and Culture
• Women and Gender

Multimedia Slideshows

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1. Lincoln's Biography
   • Boyhood and Migration, 1809-1830
   • Indian Fighting and Politics in New Salem, 1831-1836
   • Springfield, the Law and the Whig Party, 1837-1843
   • Congress and the Mexican War, 1844-1849
   • Return to the Law, 1850-1853
   • Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Rise of the Republican Party, 1854-1856
   • Debating Douglas on the National Stage, 1857-1858
   • The Campaign of the Century, 1859-1861
   
   
   
2. Historical Themes (Coming Soon)
   • African-American Experience and American Racial Attitudes
   • Economic Development and Labor
   • Frontier Settlement
   • Law and Society
   • Native American Relations
   • Politics
   • Religion and Culture
   • Women's Experience and Gender Roles