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Reconstruction: A Concise History (Hardcover)
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Reconstruction: A Concise History (Hardcover)
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The era known as Reconstruction is one of the unhappiest times in
American history. It succeeded in reuniting the nation politically
after the Civil War but in little else. Conflict shifted from the
battlefield to the Capitol as Congress warred with President Andrew
Johnson over just what to do with the South. Johnson's plan of
Presidential Reconstruction, which was sympathetic to the former
Confederacy and allowed repressive measures such as the "black
codes," would ultimately lead to his impeachment and the
institution of Radical Reconstruction. While Reconstruction saw the
ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments, expanding the rights
and suffrage of African Americans, it largely failed to chart a
progressive course for race relations after the abolition of
slavery and the rise of Jim Crow. It also struggled to manage the
Southern resistance towards a Northern free-labor economy. However,
these failures cannot obscure a number of accomplishments with
long-term consequences for American life, among them the Civil
Rights Act, the election of the first African American
representatives to Congress, and the avoidance of renewed civil
war. Reconstruction suffered from poor leadership and uncertainty
of direction, but it also laid the groundwork for renewed struggles
for racial equality during the civil rights movement. In this
concise history, award-winning historian Allen C. Guelzo delves
into the constitutional, political, and social issues behind
Reconstruction to provide a lucid and original account of a
historical moment that left an indelible mark on the American
social fabric.
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