The Story of America: The Rise of Lincoln

On this episode of Our American Stories, in our 27th episode of The Story of America Series with Dr. Bill McClay, author of Land of Hope, Bill tells the story of how a deal struck to get the transcontinental railroad to run through the North (The Kansas-Nebraska Act) directly led to the rise of Abraham Lincoln and...the Civil War. 

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