A House Divided: America in the Age of Lincoln
About this resource
- Appropriate grades
- 6–12
- Subjects
- social studies (African Americans, United States history)
- Provider
- Gilder Lehrman Institute American History and the Chicago Historical Society
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A House Divided: America in the Age of Lincoln is a special exhibition of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and the Chicago Historical Society based on the book, A House Divided: America in the Age of Lincoln, by Eric Foner and Olivia Mahoney. It “explores the institution of slavery, the fierce sectionalism of free and slave economies in the rapidly expanding country, and the destructive power of the Civil War.”
In this exhibit, you will an in-depth treatment of this time in American history comprised of extensive information, historical images, and primary source documents such as the Emancipation Proclamation. Divided into eight sections, this informative resource explores America before the Civil War, slavery, the slavery debate, the events leading to the war, the war itself, and how it affected politics and society. Learn also about the state of the country once the war ended and what obstacles lay ahead for the country at this tenuous time.
