ILLINOIS HISTORY
A MAGAZINE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Volume 50 • Number 2 • February 1997

CONTENTS

21   The Vacillating Ideas of a Great President      Seetha Srinivasan      The University of Chicago Laboratory     High School, Chicago 23   Lincoln and Slavery      Kendra Cunningham      Good Shepherd Lutheran School,     Collinsville 24   Unresolved Conflicts: Lincoln's Early Ideas on Slavery      Sarah-Eva E. Carlson      Clonlara School, Rockford 25   Lincoln's Changing Views on Slavery      Jamie Schaefer      Waterloo High School, Waterloo 27   With or Without Reason      Teri Taylor      Oregon High School, Oregon 28   Lincoln's Colonization Efforts      Lora Pearlman      Carbondale Community High School,      Carbondale 30   Lincoln's Ever-Changing Views on Slavery      James D. Gianpetro      South Middle School, Arlington Heights 31   Lincoln's Changing Views on Slavery      Becky Richards      Belleville Township High School West,     Belleville 33   Lincoln's Rise to Political Leadership      Tim Cronin      All Saints Academy, Breese 34   The Views of Abraham Lincoln   on American Government      Brandon Wright      Anna-Jonesboro Community High School,     Anna 36    Lincoln's Changing Views on Slavery      Amber Dillon      Unity Point School District #140,     Carbondale On the cover: Abraham Lincoln earned a place as one of America's greatest leaders. This photo was taken when Lincoln's visage was being carved into the side of Mt. Rushmore.

37    Lincoln's Changing Views on Emancipation      Shelley Kendall      Oregon High School, Oregon 39    Abraham Lincoln and his Political Party      Maretta Smith      Brookwood Middle School, Glenwood 40    Lincoln's Changing Views on Slavery      Angie Balsamo      Macomb Junior High School, Macomb Illinois Historic Preservation Agency Julie Cellini, Trustee, Chair Pamela A. Daniels, Trustee Samuel Lilly, Trustee Sally B. Schanbacher, Trustee Carol Stein, Trustee Warren Swanson, Trustee Susan Mogerman, Director Maynard Crossland, Division Manager Public Affairs and Development Illinois History Keith A. Sculle, Editor Cynthia A. Fuener, Design Toni Clark, Editorial Assistant Illinois History (ISSN 0019-2058) is published three times during the school year, December, February, and April, by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Printed by authority of the State of Illinois. Articles may be reprinted with credit. Subscription rates: One copy is sent free on request to all schools in Illinois. Additional school-use subscriptions are $1 per volume (three issues). All other subscriptions are $3 per volume. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Illinois History, Old State Capitol, Springfield, Illinois, 62701. (20204— 6800—2-97)

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