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 (MUSIC) By February first, eighteen-sixty-one, seven southern states had withdrawn from the United States of America.…
American History – 93. Secession, Part 02
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) South Carolina withdrew from the United States on December twentieth,…
American History – 92. Secession, Part 01
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election held in November, eighteen-sixty.…
American History – 91. Election of 1860
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) The American people faced the year eighteen-sixty with mixed feelings…
American History – 90. James Buchanan, Part 08
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) In the autumn of eighteen-fifty-nine, a group of anti-slavery extremists attacked the town of Harpers…
American History – 89. James Buchanan, Part 07
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) One day in mid-October, eighteen-fifty-nine, the American people were shocked by the report of an…
American History – 88. James Buchanan, Part 06
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) Throughout most of the eighteen-fifties, war between north and south over the issue of slavery…
American History – 87. James Buchanan, Part 05
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) In the summer of eighteen-fifty-eight, two men campaigned across the state of Illinois for a…