The Reconstruction presidents

The Resource The Reconstruction presidents
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The Reconstruction presidents
Statement of responsibility
Brooks D. Simpson
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • During and after the Civil War, four presidents faced the challenge of reuniting the nation and of providing justice for black Americans - and of achieving a balance between those goals. This first book to collectively examine the Reconstruction policies of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Rutherford B. Hayes reveals how they confronted and responded to the complex issues presented during that contested era in American politics
  • Brooks Simpson examines the policies of each administration in depth and evaluates them in terms of their political, social, and institutional contexts. Simpson explains what was politically possible at a time when federal authority and presidential power were more limited than they are now. He compares these four leaders' handling of similar challenges - such as the retention of political support and the need to build a southern base for their policies - in different ways and under different circumstances, and he discusses both their use of executive power and the impact of their personal beliefs on their actions
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
973.8
Index
index present
LC call number
E668
LC item number
.S58 1998
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography

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