The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places. Two percent of the general population died in the war and it changed forever the lives of all who lived through it.
This lesson provides an excellent bridge into the study of the Reconstruction era. Students will examine the roles of the president that have evolved through history and the powers of the president as prescribed in Article II of the U.S. Constitution.
No nation had ever held an election in the midst of a civil war. No president since Andrew Jackson had won a second term. Long after Lincoln was nominated, politicians in his own party still hoped to reconvene and pick another nominee. Even Lincoln believed his re-election unlikely. The 1864 re-election became a referendum on the war itself.
By the beginning of 1865, the Confederacy was dying. Abraham Lincoln, with victory within his grasp, looked forward to a second presidential term and a new challenge – healing the nation he had struggled to reunite. In December 1865, the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery was formally ratified.
In the year 1938, the nation celebrated the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The Civil War defined the United States as a nation, and to understand the American character, we must study it.
The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places. Two percent of the general population died in the war and it changed forever the lives of all who lived through it.
This lesson provides an excellent bridge into the study of the Reconstruction era. Students will examine the roles of the president that have evolved through history and the powers of the president as prescribed in Article II of the U.S. Constitution.
No nation had ever held an election in the midst of a civil war. No president since Andrew Jackson had won a second term. Long after Lincoln was nominated, politicians in his own party still hoped to reconvene and pick another nominee. Even Lincoln believed his re-election unlikely. The 1864 re-election became a referendum on the war itself.
By the beginning of 1865, the Confederacy was dying. Abraham Lincoln, with victory within his grasp, looked forward to a second presidential term and a new challenge – healing the nation he had struggled to reunite. In December 1865, the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery was formally ratified.
In the year 1938, the nation celebrated the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The Civil War defined the United States as a nation, and to understand the American character, we must study it.
