Contrasting Visions: Lincoln vs. Davis on Liberty, Union, and Government

Competing Visions: Lincoln vs. Davis

8th Grade·Social Studies·TEKS

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Contrast Lincoln's ideas about liberty, equality, union, and government with those of Jefferson Davis.

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Competing Visions: Lincoln vs. Davis

8th Grade · Social Studies · TEKS

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Learners will analyze and contrast Lincoln's and Davis's key addresses to understand their competing visions for liberty, equality, union, and government.

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113.20(b)(8)(D)Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · Social-studies · 8th Grade

analyze Abraham Lincoln's ideas about liberty, equality, union, and government as contained in his first and second inaugural addresses and the Gettysburg Address and contrast them with the ideas contained in Jefferson Davis's inaugural address.