Media Construction of Presidential Campaigns

Unit 3

Slavery, Civil War and Reconstruction

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1860 1860 Election Handout 1860 Document #1 Lincoln Douglas Debates Image Teacher's Guide 1860 Document #2 Lincoln Douglas Debate Headline Teacher's Guide 1860 Document #3 Lincoln/Hamlin Campaign Poster Teacher's Guide 1860 Document #4 Douglas "Taking the Stump" Cartoon Teacher's Guide

1864 1864 Election Handout 1864 Document #1 Gettysburg Address Teacher's Guide Student Handout 1864 Document #2 Four editorials on the Gettysburg Address Teacher's Guide Student Handout 1864 Document #3 "Lincoln-Ruin/McClellan-Peace" Poster Teacher's Guide

1868 1868 Election Handout 1868 Document #1 Harper's Weekly Cover, "The First Vote" Teacher's Guide 1868 Document #2 "White Man's Government" Nast Cartoon Teacher's Guide 1868 Document #3 Democratic Parade Image Teacher's Guide 1868 Document #4 Grant "Let Us Have Peace" Emblem Teacher's Guide

1872 1872 Election Handout 1872 Document #1 "Greeley and Tweed" Nast Cartoon Teacher's Guide 1872 Document #2 Grant "The Working-Man's Banner" Teacher's Guide