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Chapter 1 of Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters is here in full — 470 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
War with Mexico. Congress. 1847. Douglas elected U.S. Senator; moved to Chicago. 1848.
Chapter 1 of Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters is here in full — 470 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 63/94 · 5 reading units · Lines 311–315
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largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
From this reading “Douglas elected U.S. Senator; moved to Chicago.”
the legislature of the United States government
From this reading “Congress.”
United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
From this reading “Douglas elected U.S. Senator; moved to Chicago.”
subject to popular election
From this reading “Douglas elected U.S. Senator; moved to Chicago.”
a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810
From this reading “War with Mexico.”
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading “Douglas elected U.S. Senator; moved to Chicago.”
a member of a senate
From this reading “Douglas elected U.S. Senator; moved to Chicago.”
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading “War with Mexico.”
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From this reading 1847.
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From this reading 1848.
largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
From this reading Douglas elected U.S. Senator; moved to Chicago.
the legislature of the United States government
From this reading Congress.
United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
From this reading Douglas elected U.S. Senator; moved to Chicago.
subject to popular election
From this reading Douglas elected U.S. Senator; moved to Chicago.
a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810
From this reading War with Mexico.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading Douglas elected U.S. Senator; moved to Chicago.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Douglas elected U.S. Senator; moved to Chicago.
a member of a senate
From this reading Douglas elected U.S. Senator; moved to Chicago.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Douglas elected U.S. Senator; moved to Chicago.
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading Douglas elected U.S. Senator; moved to Chicago.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading War with Mexico.
in the company of; together with
From this reading War with Mexico.
Chapter 1 of Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters by Abraham Lincoln holds 470 sentences, grouped into 94 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 1 holds 470 sentences of Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters, unabridged, divided into 94 reading sections.
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