Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and how They Changed America, 1789-1989Thorndike Press, 2007 - 804 pages From the author Newsweek called the nations leading presidential historian comes an inspiring narrative chronicling the crucial moments when a courageous president has dramatically changed the future of the United States. of full-color photos. |
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... Union but not abolition . To mollify them , he had declared that if he " could save the Union without freeing any slave , I would do it . " Despite such efforts , the voters punished Lincoln's party in the midterm elections of 1862 ...
... Union but not abolition . To mollify them , he had declared that if he " could save the Union without freeing any slave , I would do it . " Despite such efforts , the voters punished Lincoln's party in the midterm elections of 1862 ...
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... Union vic- tory to be followed by scorched earth , with the South " laid waste and made a desert . " In July 1864 , worried by Lincoln's far more lenient plans for Reconstruction , they passed the Wade - Davis Bill , which would keep a ...
... Union vic- tory to be followed by scorched earth , with the South " laid waste and made a desert . " In July 1864 , worried by Lincoln's far more lenient plans for Reconstruction , they passed the Wade - Davis Bill , which would keep a ...
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... union , saying nothing about slavery , let him try me . " The President knew that if he signed and sent such a letter , he would be taking a large step back from his previous insistence that slaves be freed before the War Between the ...
... union , saying nothing about slavery , let him try me . " The President knew that if he signed and sent such a letter , he would be taking a large step back from his previous insistence that slaves be freed before the War Between the ...
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