Abraham Lincoln was our tallest president ... “it had become the irrepressible symbol of prestige and authority.” Nowadays, we have trouble envisioning Lincoln without his top hat, but ...

Abraham Lincoln is widely considered one of the United ... Turning a man into a symbol? Use the following lesson plans or investigations from History Detectives to support the teaching of this ...

In 1837, 28-year-old Abraham Lincoln met a 23-year-old shopkeeper named Joshua Speed in Springfield, Illinois. The two became ...

Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln are mammoth, yet simple to describe: he confronted the secession of the South and the dissolution of the Union with all the political ...

Lincoln had struggled to heal the wounds of war, yet he became one of its last victims, and the war left the country no less divided. Abraham Lincoln grew up on the American frontier. Born in a ...

Abraham Lincoln is widely considered one of the United ... Turning a man into a symbol? Use the following lesson plans or investigations from History Detectives to support the teaching of this ...