Reconstruction

Reconstruction

by Ferrell, Claudine L.

Type Book
Rate 0.0 /5

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 g…

Read More ↓
Details
Files
Reviews
Download

Title Statements

  • Full title :Reconstruction / Claudine L. Ferrell.

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.

Read More ↓

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2003.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Praeger
  • Place of Publication:Westport, Conn
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2003.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xix, 220 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780313091339, 0313091331, 1282419668, 9781282419667, 9786612419669, 6612419660
  • oclc:ocn650310402
  • LC Classification:E668
  • Dewey Decimal:973.8

Table of 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.

Read More ↓

Subjects

History HISTORY -- State & Local Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) United States

Writers

Ferrell, Claudine L.

More from this Series

Rate & Review

0.0/5
(0 people Voted)

No reviews yet. Be the first to rate this work.

Files & Downloads

No downloadable files are registered for this work yet.

Log in to request a copy