The Nation Divides: Milliken Full-Color Transparency-Duplicating Book

This Milliken Full-Color Transparency-Duplicating Book, titled The Nation Divides, is a 1972 educational resource by E. A. Moehle designed for teaching the history of the American Civil War. The book contains 12 full-color transparencies for overhead projectors and 28 duplicating pages, which include reproducible worksheets and tests intended for classroom use.

The cover art features a map of the United States separated into North and South, with portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Confederate President Jefferson Davis overlaid on their respective regions. This volume specifically covers the period of rising national tension, exploring topics such as the abolitionist movement, the Underground Railroad, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, and the pivotal election of 1860. Published by the Milliken Publishing Company in St. Louis, Missouri, this series was a widely used instructional tool in mid-20th-century social studies classrooms for its visual and interactive approach to historical events.