The Civil War & Reconstruction

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#21 LINCOLN AT COOPER UNION Apr 15, 2013

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In which we take a look at the important February 1860 speech in New York City that helped catapult Abraham Lincoln to the White House.

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#20 JOHN BROWN Apr 10, 2013

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In which we look at John Brown's assault on Harper's Ferry in October 1859.

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#19 LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES (Part the Second) Apr 01, 2013

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In which we continue our coverage of the famous Lincoln-Douglas Debates in 1858.

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#18 LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES (Part the First) Mar 26, 2013

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In which we give the background to the famous Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858, and then we start in on the debates themselves.

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#17 ABRAHAM LINCOLN (Part the Second) Mar 17, 2013

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In which we continue the biographical sketch of Abraham Lincoln's life in order to bring him up to speed with where we are on the podcast timeline, the year 1858. In this episode we break the discussion up into three sections: Lincoln the Lawyer, Lincoln Gets Married, and Lincoln the Politician.

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#16 ABRAHAM LINCOLN (Part the First) Mar 04, 2013

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In which we use a special two-part biography of Abraham Lincoln to bring his life up to speed with where we currently are on the podcast timeline, the year 1858.

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#15 DRED SCOTT Feb 24, 2013

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In which we take a look at the Dred Scott case and the fiasco over the Lecompton Constitution, and show how the snowballing negative consequences from those events finally caused the Democratic Party to, once & for all, split along sectional lines. A unified Republican Party will take advantage of that split & win the presidency in 1860.

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#14 ELECTION OF 1856 Feb 18, 2013

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In which we discuss the three-way presidential contest of 1856 and its importance to the rise of the Republican Party. Plus, we see Abraham Lincoln start to position himself to be a leading national figure in the party.

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#13 CANING OF SUMNER Feb 13, 2013

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In which we look at the brutal caning of Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts by Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina in May, 1856.

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#12 BLEEDING KANSAS Feb 04, 2013

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In which we talk about Stephen Douglas's sponsorship of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, the ensuing violence in "Bleeding Kansas," & the rise of the Republican Party as a direct result of Northern outrage over the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

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