HIST 3148 Abraham Lincoln: The Great Emancipator

Examines the life and times of our greatest president, Abraham Lincoln. Topics will include: Lincoln’s youth and early career; Lincoln’s political rise and the turbulent 1850s; Lincoln’s 1860 election to the presidency and the subsequent start of the Civil War; Lincoln’s re-election in 1864; the Lincoln assassination; Lincoln’s major addresses; and the memory of Lincoln in American culture.

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HIST 5148