American History – 103. Abraham Lincoln, Part 10
(MUSIC) Announcer: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) By the summer of eighteen-sixty-two, the American Civil war had been going on for more than…
American History – 105. Abraham Lincoln, Part 12
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) The early weeks of eighteen-sixty-three gave the American Civil War a new political direction. President…
American History – 104. Abraham Lincoln, Part 11
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) America’s Civil War of the eighteen-sixties began as a struggle over a state’s right to…
American History – 102. Abraham Lincoln, Part 09
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) Two summers had gone by since the start of the American Civil War, and the…
American History – 101. Abraham Lincoln, Part 08
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) In any war, an important target is the enemy’s capital city. To capture the enemy’s…
American History – 100. Abraham Lincoln, Part 07
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) America’s Civil War during the eighteen-sixties was fought not only on land. There was a…
American History – 99. Abraham Lincoln, Part 06
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) In July, eighteen-sixty-one, Union soldiers of the north and Confederate soldiers of the south fought…
American History – 98. Abraham Lincoln, Part 05
(MUSIC) VOICE 1: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) The storm of battle spread across the United States in the summer of eighteen-sixty-one. For…
American History – 97. Abraham Lincoln, Part 04 (Border States)
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) In April, eighteen-sixty-one, the long dispute between America’s north and south burst into civil war.…
American History – 96. Abraham Lincoln, Part 03
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) Just before sunrise on the morning of April twelfth, eighteen-sixty-one, the first shot was fired…
American History – 95. Abraham Lincoln, Part 02
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) On a cold and cloudy day in March, eighteen-sixty-one, Abraham Lincoln became the sixteenth president…
American History – 94. Abraham Lincoln, Part 01
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) By February first, eighteen-sixty-one, seven southern states had withdrawn from the United States of America.…