Manisha Sinha argues that the stakes in the 2020 presidential election are almost as high as in 1860, when Abraham Lincoln was elected on the eve of the Civil War; what binds these two moments ...

During the election year of 1860, a group of young men sought change. They identified themselves as “Wide Awakes.” In the collections of Pamplin Historical Park and the National Museum of the Civil ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Guests discuss the politics involved in the 1860 election and Mary Lincoln’s early days in the White House. Describe the demographics in 1860 ...

He calls this election a “turning point” as monumental as the election of 1860—on the eve of the Civil War—and that of 1940, when the U.S. was deciding whether to adopt or fight Fascism.

Manisha Sinha argues that the stakes in the 2020 presidential election are almost as high as in 1860, when Abraham Lincoln was elected on the eve of the Civil War; what binds these two moments ...