The Making of the President: Abraham Lincoln and the Election of 1860

Essay

Harold Holzer

Government and Civics

Adams v. Jackson: The Election of 1824

Essay

Edward G. Lengel

Government and Civics

The Origins of the Transcontinental Railroad

Essay

Richard White

Economics, Geography, Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

Frederick Douglass: From Slavery to Freedom

Essay

Steven Mintz

Government and Civics

"The Merits of This Fearful Conflict": Douglass on the Causes of the Civil War

Essay

David W. Blight

Douglass and Lincoln: A Convergence

Essay

James Oakes

"Half slave, half free": Lincoln and the "House Divided"

Essay

Gabor S. Boritt

Government and Civics

"To give all a chance": Lincoln, Abolition, and Economic Freedom

Essay

Lewis E. Lehrman

Government and Civics

"That glorious consummation": Lincoln on the Abolition of Slavery

Essay

Allen C. Guelzo

Government and Civics

Lincoln and Emancipation: Black Enfranchisement in 1863 Louisiana

Essay

Richard J. Carwardine

Government and Civics