| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 220 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Series |
Greenwood guides to historic events, 1500-1900, 1538-442X |
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Greenwood guides to historic events, 1500-1900.
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| Contents |
Series Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chronology of Events; Historical Overview; Chapter 1 Forming Battle Lines: The President, the South, and Congress, 1865-1866; Chapter 2 Taking Aim at the South and a President: Congressional Reconstruction, 1867-1869; Chapter 3 Fading Dreams: Congressional Reconstruction Ends, 1869-1877; Chapter 4 Fighting Old and New Enemies: The South, 1865-1877; Photo essay; Chapter 5 There Was More to Reconstruction than Reconstruction: Non-Southern Issues; Chapter 6 Concluding Interpretive Essay; Biographies: The Personalities of Reconstruction |
| Summary |
Few periods in American history have aroused as much debate as the years immediately after the Civil War, those commonly referred to simply as Reconstruction. The victorious North had to determine how to treat the vanquished South and how to make a nation whole once again. The divisive issues of freedom and civil rights became even more complex than before the War and dominated national politics. Also at stake was the balance of power among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government. Before it was all over, a president was impeached (though not convicted), and a rigorous p |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-207) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic book
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780313091339 |
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0313091331 |
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1282419668 |
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9781282419667 |
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9786612419669 |
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6612419660 |
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