inauguration

"By March 4, 1865, the Civil War had slaughtered more than 700,000 Americans and left intractable wounds on the nation. That day, after a morning of rain-drenched fury, tens of thousands crowded Washington's Capitol grounds to see Abraham Lincoln take the oath for a second term. As the sun emerged, Lincoln rose to give perhaps the greatest inaugural address in American history, stunning the nation byarguing, in a brief 701 words, that both sides had been wrong, and that the war's unimaginable horrors--every drop of blood spilled--might well have been God's just verdict on the national sin of slavery . . . [the author] captures the frenzy in the nation's capital at this crucial moment in America's history and the tension-filled hope and despair afflicting the country as a whole, soon to be heightened by Lincoln's assassination"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the photographs of the official White House photographer, Cecil Stoughton, and describes how his pictures of the smooth succession of power after Kennedy's assassination reassured many shocked Americans.

Photographs illustrate the inauguration of President Barack Obama from the whistle stop train tour to the inaugural balls.

Analyzes the wording and delivery of Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address in 1865 and discusses its reception by the American public. In support of the Common Core Learning Standards. (CCLS).

Describes the events of inauguration day for Barack Obama, the forty-fourth president of the United States, and his family.