American history
Prompt;
In that regard, though we traveled far and wide in our thinking, it is hard to get around the centrality of Abraham Lincoln’s leadership in this era, and for that reason he looms large.
Make a claim about an important or otherwise dramatic contribution in Lincoln’s thought: what does he have to say about the project of American democracy?
Do this by selecting one of the Lincoln documents we have for this week and draw connections (similarities, differences, or something else) between it and at least one other text.
In all cases, make sure you are being specific with how you illustrate this claims and these connections by using lots of good evidence from the texts themselves.
Text to draw from:
George Fitzhugh, Cannibals All!, or Slaves without Masters (1857)
Abraham Lincoln,
“First Inaugural Address” (1861)
“Gettysburg Address” (1863)
“Second Inaugural Address” (1865)
Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845)
preface
letter from Wendell Phillips, esq.
chapters I–XI
Constitution of the State of Nevada
Viewing
Glory, directed by Edward Zwick (1989
