19th-century America
Lincoln's historical backdrop
The United States during the 1800s, a period spanning westward expansion, the Civil War, industrialization, and massive immigration.
The phrase typically evokes frontier life, slavery and its abolition, railroad building, and the transformation from agrarian republic to industrial power: In 19th-century America, the telegraph revolutionized communication.
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