HIST 3148 Biographical Approach to History: Abraham Lincoln: The Great Emancipator

Examines the life and times of our greatest president, Abraham Lincoln. Topics will include: Lincoln’s youth and early career; Lincoln’s political rise and the turbulent 1850s; Lincoln’s 1860 election to the presidency and the subsequent start of the Civil War; Lincoln’s re-election in 1864; the Lincoln assassination; Lincoln’s major addresses; and the memory of Lincoln in American culture.