Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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How did Abraham Lincoln come to power? This video traces Lincoln's rise within the context of 19th century America, with a particular emphasis on the issue of slavery.

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0:00 Intro
4:15 Shortened Timeline
6:56 Context
13:15 Lincoln on the issues of the day + 1858 senate
20:41 The Opposition
25:46 The Nomination
28:26 Th General Election
32:14 The Transition

★ NOTE ON SOURCING IN CAPTIONS▼▼▼▼▼▼▼

I've added a citation system into my closed captioning. In order to be respectful to the hard of hearing members of this community, I've tried to make this as non-intrusive as possible., so as not to distract from reading.

At the end of a sentence with sourcing, something like this will appear:
"The sky is blue. The ocean is blue (17,89)."
In this example, the 1st number represents the source # from the source list in the description.
The 2nd number represents the page number, if the source is a book.

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