Lincoln-Douglas debates, series of seven debates between the Democratic senator Stephen A. Douglas and Republican challenger Abraham Lincoln during the 1858 Illinois senatorial campaign, largely concerning the issue of slavery extension into the territor
Frémont, won 11 states in 1856; its second, Abraham Lincoln, won the 1860 election by carrying 18 states. Its opposition to slavery and association with the Union victory in the American Civil War allowed it a long period of dominance nationally; for these reasons, the party was also ...
Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision.(more) 5 of 5 Abraham Lincoln campaign bannerThis American flag banner promoted Abraham Lincoln for the U.S. presidency in 1860.(more) During the first half of the 19th century, movements to extend voting rights to non-property-owning white male labourers...
Montgomery bus boycott, mass protest against the bus system of Montgomery, Alabama, by civil rights activists and their supporters that led to a 1956 U.S. Supreme Court decision declaring that Montgomery’s segregation laws on buses were unconstitutional. The 381-day bus boycott also brought the...