Abe Lincoln in Illinois | Compare and Contrast
1837: Chicago is incorporated as a city.
1938: At a time when freight is moved by rail and barges, Chicago is the country’s second largest city, only losing that title to Los Angeles in the 1990s.
Today: Although they are still in the same state, Chicago has little in common with rural downstate towns like New Salem and Vandalia.
1830s–60s: Most black people in Southern states are slaves. Blacks living in states that bordered the Southern states are sometimes kidnapped and forced into slavery. The Supreme Court rules in 1857 that...
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