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* "The Place of Abraham Lincoln in History." ''Atlantic Monthly'' 15, no. 92 (June 1865):757-64. * ''Memorial Address on the Life and Character of Abraham Lincoln, Delivered, at the Request of Both Houses of the Congress of America, Befor

...6 was the apogee of the spoils system. It was used quite effectively by [[Abraham Lincoln]] in supporting both his Republican party and the Union war effort. On the

President [[Abraham Lincoln]] signed a proclamation in 1861 that restored ownership of the Mission prop

...erica. The states broke away from the USA in protest to the election of [[Abraham Lincoln]] to the presidency, with the belief that with his election, abolition of s

...ocate of modernization, and was great admired by aspiring young men like [[Abraham Lincoln]]. ...<ref> Mark E. Neely, Jr. "American Nationalism in the Image of Henry Clay: Abraham Lincoln's Eulogy on Henry Clay in Context." ''Register of the Kentucky Historical S

* Belz, Herman. ''Abraham Lincoln, Constitutionalism, and Equal Rights in the Civil War Era'' 1998 [http://ww

...on of grief in Washington was second only to that following the death of [[Abraham Lincoln]] in 1865. Twenty thousand people, one-half of whom were free black men, a

...and sought out the law firm of "Lincoln and Herndon." Not surprisingly, [[Abraham Lincoln]] was able to swiftly resolve the dispute, and Dr. Judd rewarded him with c

[[Abraham Lincoln]]'s approach to and use of the mass media during the Civil War is crucial t ...y faced an impossible task, which was guaranteed to alienate supporters. [[Abraham Lincoln]], for example, was a leading western supporter of [[Zachary Taylor]] in 18

* July 1, 1862: President Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln, signed the "[[Pacific Railway Act]]" which authorized the Central

...e [[American Civil War|American Civil War]] (in 1861 to 1864), President [[Abraham Lincoln]] suspended the writ of ''habeas corpus'' (and ignored the [[U.S. Supreme C

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President [[Abraham Lincoln]] signed a proclamation on May 31, 1862 that restored ownership of the Miss

...ign techniques that lured 75 to 85% of the eligible voters to the polls. [[Abraham Lincoln]] emerged early as a leader in Illinois&mdash;where he usually was bested b ..., professional men or farm owners, and devoted to partisan organization. [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s career mirrors the Whigs' political rise, but by the 1840's Springfield

At that time, Frances Spinner was serving as Treasurer, under Abraham Lincoln, and he stirred up a great deal of controversy by hiring the first female e

...r, and a central icon of courage on both sides. It was used by President [[Abraham Lincoln]] in his [[Gettysburg Address]] to mark the birth of a new nation dedicated ...gn and battle is enshrined in American memory as a near-sacred event, as [[Abraham Lincoln]] said when he dedicated the cemetery in November, giving the most influent

{{seealso|Extrajudicial detention, U.S., Abraham Lincoln Administration}} [[Abraham Lincoln]] suspended [[habeas corpus]] and detained many he considered threats to th

...were freed by 1865 during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], most by [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s [[Emancipation Proclamation]] but finally and completely by the Thirtee ...owners crossed into free states)&mdash;further proof for Republicans like Abraham Lincoln that the Slave Power had seized control of the Supreme Court.

...ted the Confederacy, returned to Washington. With war looming, President [[Abraham Lincoln]] wanted Lee. Lee was a colonel of cavalry, but the overall U.S. commander,

...Republican Party|Republican party]] has identified itself with President [[Abraham Lincoln]], who was the ideological heir of the Whigs and of both Jefferson and Hami