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One day at a meeting of the Cabinet, it being at the time when it seemed as though war with England and France could not be avoided, Secretary of State Seward and Secretary of War Stanton warmly advocated that the United States maintain an attitude, the result of which would have been a declaration of hostilities by the European Powers mentioned.
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We have, as all will agree, a free Government, where every man has a right to be equal with every other man. In this great struggle, this form of Government and every form of human right is endangered if our enemies succeed.

Speech to the One Hundred Sixty-fourth Ohio Regiment, August 22, 1864
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Abraham Lincoln During the Civil War
Mr. Lincoln juggled conflicting pressures and politicians on the issue of slavery.View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Freedom

Abraham Lincoln During the Civil War
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Lincoln at Peoria
The Turning Point
by Lewis E. Lehrman
Book review from author Jay Winik, from The National Review —

"Throughout Lincoln at Peoria, Lehrman shows a journalist's eye for the telling detail. [Stephen A] Douglas spoke with 'polished elegance' while Lincoln spoke with a 'thin, high-pitched' voice. Lehrman also demonstrates a scholar's appreciation for the ambiguities surrounding Lincoln. He quotes one womam's asking upon Lincoln's election, 'Is it certain Mr. Lincoln is an uncompromising anti-slavery man?' And finally, Lehrman keenly appreciates the poignancy of his story: We see Lincoln strolling in Springfield with a colleague in 1849, when the friend ruefully observes, 'Lincoln the time is coming when You & I would have to be Democrats or Abolitionists'.

"Lincoln at Peoria is a marvelous hybrid of a book. Beyond the narrative and an extensive analysis of the speech itself, Lehrman draws out the rest of Lincoln's career, his political resurrection and America's political realignment, the coming of the war and Lincoln's surprise election as president, and his presidency itself, never losing sight of that magical moment at Peoria when Lincoln became Lincoln. Lehrman's editorial hand is light, and he is careful to judge Lincoln by the standards of his own day, rather than of ours. He also goes to great lengths to quote succeeding generations of distinguished Lincoln scholars. In this sense, more than simply a fascinating exegesis, Lincoln at Peoria stands as a rich resource for scholars."



ANSWER KEY
  1. Caleb Smith
  2. John Palmer Usher
  3. Daniel W. Voorhees
  4. Schuyler Colfax
  5. Jesse D. Bright
  6. George Washington Julian
  7. Oliver O. Morton
  8. Aaron Grigsby
  9. Henry Smith Lane
  10. Hugh McCulloch

Abraham Lincoln and Indiana

1: Indiana Congressman who became speaker of the House in 1863. He was one of the last persons to meet with President Lincoln. He subsequently became Vice President.
A.  B.  C.  D.  E.  F.  G.  H.  I.  J.

2: Banker who served as Comptroller of the Currency before he was appointed as President Lincoln’s third Secretary of the Treasury.
A.  B.  C.  D.  E.  F.  G.  H.  I.  J.

3: This Indiana governor lost his legislative majority to anti-war Democrats in the 1862 elections but continued to govern the state with the help of federal financial aid.
A.  B.  C.  D.  E.  F.  G.  H.  I.  J.

4: Former congressman who was appointed as Mr. Lincoln’s first Secretary of the Interior. He resigned to become a federal judge.
A.  B.  C.  D.  E.  F.  G.  H.  I.  J.

5: He served as assistant secretary of the interior at the beginning of the Lincoln Administration. When his boss became a judge, he succeeded him as President Lincoln’s second secretary of the Interior.
A.  B.  C.  D.  E.  F.  G.  H.  I.  J.

6: He served as Governor of Indiana for only two days in January 1861 before being elected to the U.S. Senate.
A.  B.  C.  D.  E.  F.  G.  H.  I.  J.

7: Radical Republican Congressman who was a critic of President Lincoln’s war and emancipation policies. He was a member of the Congressional Committee on the Conduct of the War.
A.  B.  C.  D.  E.  F.  G.  H.  I.  J.

8: Indiana Democrat who was expelled from the U.S. because he called Jefferson Davis the “President of the Confederate States.”
A.  B.  C.  D.  E.  F.  G.  H.  I.  J.

9: Copperhead Democratic Congressman who was associated with the Knights of the Golden Circle. His absence for the final House vote on the Thirteenth Amendment helped allow it to pass.
A.  B.  C.  D.  E.  F.  G.  H.  I.  J.

10: Local man who married Mr. Lincoln’s sister, Sarah. They married in 1826. Less than two years later, she and their baby died in childbirth.
A.  B.  C.  D.  E.  F.  G.  H.  I.  J.

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