Reconstruction: America's unfinished revolution, 1863-1877Describes the changes brought about by the Civil War, discusses the impact of slavery's end, and looks at the political, economic, and social aspects of Reconstruction |
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Retrospective analysis reveals that the Radicals, while hardly "in control" of
Congress, enjoyed substantial power, constituting nearly half the Republican
members of the House and a lesser but still significant portion of the Senate. Yet
many ...
Retrospective analysis reveals that the Radicals, while hardly "in control" of
Congress, enjoyed substantial power, constituting nearly half the Republican
members of the House and a lesser but still significant portion of the Senate. Yet
many ...
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Certainly, no one could again claim that the South's "respectable" elite disdained
such violence, for in one of its first actions, South Carolina's Redeemer
legislature in 1877 elected Butler to the U. S. Senate.14 During the killings, Dock
Adams ...
Certainly, no one could again claim that the South's "respectable" elite disdained
such violence, for in one of its first actions, South Carolina's Redeemer
legislature in 1877 elected Butler to the U. S. Senate.14 During the killings, Dock
Adams ...
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39th Congress, 2d Session, Senate Executive Document 6: Reports of
Freedmen's Bureau Assistant Commissioners and Laws in Relation to the
Freedmen 40th Congress, 3d Session, House Miscellaneous Document 52:
Condition of Affairs ...
39th Congress, 2d Session, Senate Executive Document 6: Reports of
Freedmen's Bureau Assistant Commissioners and Laws in Relation to the
Freedmen 40th Congress, 3d Session, House Miscellaneous Document 52:
Condition of Affairs ...
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Crítica de los usuarios - busterrll - LibraryThingGood book but hard reading Wish I had a better knowledge of reconstruction politics. Spot read after a bit, but full of information. Will save and try to reread after reading more on Pres.Johnson. Leer comentario completo
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Crítica de los usuarios - DarthDeverell - LibraryThingEric Foner begins with an assessment of the historiography up to 1988. In the first decade of the 1900s, William Dunning and John W. Burgess articulated a history of Reconstruction that condemned ... Leer comentario completo
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The World the War Made | 1 |
Rehearsals for Reconstruction | 35 |
of the War | 60 |
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