West from Appomattox: The Reconstruction of America after the Civil WarYale University Press, 2007 M03 28 - 416 pages “This thoughtful, engaging examination of the Reconstruction Era . . . will be appealing . . . to anyone interested in the roots of present-day American politics” (Publishers Weekly). The story of Reconstruction is not simply about the rebuilding of the South after the Civil War. In many ways, the late nineteenth century defined modern America, as Southerners, Northerners, and Westerners forged a national identity that united three very different regions into a country that could become a world power. A sweeping history of the United States from the era of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, this engaging book tracks the formation of the American middle class while stretching the boundaries of our understanding of Reconstruction. Historian Heather Cox Richardson ties the North and West into the post–Civil War story that usually focuses narrowly on the South. By weaving together the experiences of real individuals who left records in their own words—from ordinary Americans such as a plantation mistress, a Native American warrior, and a labor organizer, to prominent historical figures such as Andrew Carnegie, Julia Ward Howe, Booker T. Washington, and Sitting Bull—Richardson tells a story about the creation of modern America. |
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... Senate and go down on the ruins of slavery, destroyed by the powerful hand of a Republican-controlled government. Determined to protect slavery at all costs, southern whites stood adamantly for states' rights and argued that the entire ...
... Senate and go down on the ruins of slavery, destroyed by the powerful hand of a Republican-controlled government. Determined to protect slavery at all costs, southern whites stood adamantly for states' rights and argued that the entire ...
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... Senate gallery in 1854 when northern Democrats voted the party line to pass the Kansas-Nebraska Act, overturning the tradition of a free Northwest established by the Missouri Compromise in 1820. ''I had seen the slave power o≈cially ...
... Senate gallery in 1854 when northern Democrats voted the party line to pass the Kansas-Nebraska Act, overturning the tradition of a free Northwest established by the Missouri Compromise in 1820. ''I had seen the slave power o≈cially ...
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... senators and congressmen. An ''advertisement'' in the paper read that ''Fredmenhaus & Lee, two eminent Communists ... Senate. It initially appeared that South Carolina had elected Wade Hampton as governor. Since he was one of the few ...
... senators and congressmen. An ''advertisement'' in the paper read that ''Fredmenhaus & Lee, two eminent Communists ... Senate. It initially appeared that South Carolina had elected Wade Hampton as governor. Since he was one of the few ...
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... senators and representatives waiting in Washington. Standing firm on the principle of limited government, Johnson insisted that prolonging the federal occupation of the South would be prohibitively expensive. Worse, it would increase ...
... senators and representatives waiting in Washington. Standing firm on the principle of limited government, Johnson insisted that prolonging the federal occupation of the South would be prohibitively expensive. Worse, it would increase ...
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... senators to a Joint Committee on Reconstruction to hammer out a plan. Although prominent radicals sat on this committee, moderates dominated. As these men tried to construct a permanent settlement, Congress worked on establishing fair ...
... senators to a Joint Committee on Reconstruction to hammer out a plan. Although prominent radicals sat on this committee, moderates dominated. As these men tried to construct a permanent settlement, Congress worked on establishing fair ...
Contents
A New Middle Ground | |
Years of Unrest | |
Years of Consolidation | |
The Struggle Renewed | |
The Final Contest | |
Reunion | |
Epilogue | |
Notes | |
Index | |
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