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Spotlight: Biography: The Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biographies of 7 significant people of Civil War-era America. Each has a portrait from the National Portrait Gallery. Biographies on: Henry Clay, Thaddeus Stevens, John Ericsson, Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, Julia Ward Howe, and...
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Spotlight: Biography: The Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biographies of 7 significant people of Civil War-era America. Each has a portrait from the National Portrait Gallery. Biographies on: Henry Clay, Thaddeus Stevens, John Ericsson, Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, Julia Ward Howe, and...
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Jane Addams, 1907

For Students 9th - 10th
An excerpt from Jane Addams' autobiography "Twenty Years at Hull House" that describes how Abraham Lincoln inspired her urban reform efforts.
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For Students 9th - 10th
An appointee of Abraham Lincoln reports on the state of Canadian Blacks and their settlements.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Milton Hay

For Students 9th - 10th
John Milton Hay (October 8, 1838 - July 1, 1905) was an American statesman, diplomat, author, journalist, and private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Wilkes Booth

For Students 9th - 10th
John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Oliver Perry Morton

For Students 9th - 10th
Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton (August 4, 1823 - November 1, 1877) was a U.S. Republican Party politician from Indiana. He served as governor of Indiana during the Civil War, and was a stalwart ally of President Abraham Lincoln.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Salmon Portland Chase

For Students 9th - 10th
Salmon Portland Chase was an American politician and jurist in the Civil War era who served as U.S. Senator from Ohio and Governor of Ohio; as U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Abraham Lincoln; and as Chief Justice of the United...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Stephen Arnold Douglas

For Students 9th - 10th
Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 - June 3, 1861) was an American politician from the western state of Illinois, and was the Democratic Party nominee for President in 1860. He lost to the Republican Party's candidate, Abraham Lincoln.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: William Dennison

For Students 9th - 10th
William Dennison, Jr. (November 23, 1815 - June 15, 1882) was a Whig and Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 24th Governor of Ohio and as U.S. Postmaster General in the Cabinet of President Abraham Lincoln during the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: William Henry Seward

For Students 9th - 10th
William Henry Seward, Sr. (May 16, 1801 - October 10, 1872) was a Governor of New York, United States Senator and the United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: William Seward

For Students 9th - 10th
The United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Mount Rushmore

For Students 9th - 10th
Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a huge granite sculpture that was created to celebrate 150 years of history in the United States of America. The giant sculptures are of (from left to right) George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,...
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Mount Rushmore

For Students 1st - 5th
Presents images and descriptive details of this national monument that features the faces of past U.S. Presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Andrew Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 - July 31, 1875) was the seventeenth President of the United States (1865-69), succeeding to the Presidency upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He was one of only two U.S. Presidents to be...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: William Watson Gilder

For Students 9th - 10th
(1844-1909) Writer and editor of Century magazine that wrote several studies of Abraham Lincoln.
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PBS

Pbs Interactive Map: Lincoln Statues Across the Country

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you know there are over 200 statues and memorials of Lincoln in the United States? Click on each location to see a picture of the statue located there.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Lincoln Sesquicentennial Issue

For Students 9th - 10th
Special series of stamps recognizing the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's birth.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Sheet Music About Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides more than 200 sheet music compositions that represent Lincoln, the Civil War and the times. Compiled by the greatest private collector of Lincoln material, Alfred Whital Stern.
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Yale University

Yale: Avalon Project: Gettysburg Address

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives the full text of Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address."
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Social Studies Help Center

Social Studies Help Center: What Caused the Beginning of the Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses what caused the Civil War, including a section on the political parties of the mid 1800's.
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Illinois Institute of Technology

The Oyez Project: Ex Parte Milligan

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a brief abstract of the Ex Parte Milligan Case. Offers biographical links to each of the nine justices who decided upon the case.
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Class Flow: Secession

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart describes events leading to secession, including John Brown's Raid, Lincoln's election, and South Carolina's break with the Union. It also includes information on the first states to...
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Siteseen: Civil Conflict: Cost of the Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
Discussion of the cost of the Civil War which is estimated at 15.5 billion dollars. Provides a chart detailing the cost to the North and the South with statistics and facts about the population, the number of soldiers, and the number of...

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