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US History timeline & concept chart: 1860s-1900: Difference between revisions
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== 1860s: Lincoln | == 1860s: Lincoln & Johnson administrations == | ||
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=== Rise of Lincoln’ political career === | |||
- Lyceum speech | |||
- Congress in 1840s (1 term) | |||
- Ran for Senate in Illinois v. Stephen Douglas | |||
- Lincoln-Douglas debates | |||
Lincoln stories: | |||
* tall, tall hat (kept papers in it) | |||
* grew up poor, rail splitter, learned to read | |||
* humor | |||
** “Nothing that’s not wrong with the rest of the world: I have 3 walnuts and each wants 2.” | |||
=== Election of 1860 === | |||
Lincoln | Lincoln | ||
Republican Party | Republican Party | ||
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=== subheading | === subheading | ||
* >>details | * >>details | ||
Lincoln position on slavery: no expansion but left where it was | Lincoln position on slavery: no expansion but left where it was | ||
>> but argued against slavery as unethical | >> but argued against slavery as unethical | ||
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c. Equal Protection for all citizens | c. Equal Protection for all citizens | ||
15. Voting rights for black men | 15. Voting rights for black men | ||
=== Johnson administration === | |||
* Swing around the | |||
* Tenure of Office Act, 1867 | |||
=== "Seward's Folly" === | === "Seward's Folly" === | ||