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 (MUSIC) By February first, eighteen-sixty-one, seven southern states had withdrawn from the United States of America.…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…
American History – 86. James Buchanan, Part 04
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is Richard Rael. VOICE TWO: And this is Sarah Long with the VOA Special English history program, THE MAKING OF A NATION. Today, we continue the…
American History – 85. James Buchanan, Part 03
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) As we reported in our last program, slavery supporters failed to push through Congress a…
American History – 84. James Buchanan, Part 02
THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC Early in eighteen-fifty-seven, the Supreme Court of the United States announced one of its most important decisions. The…
American History – 83. James Buchanan, Part 01
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) As we reported in our last program, the national election of eighteen fifty-six put a…