The Civil War and Reconstruction Eras: Documents Decoded
byJohn R. Vile, PhD, is professor of political science and dean of the University Honors College at Middle Tennessee State University.
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The carefully selected and edited readings in this book are chronologically arranged so that students can trace the progression of events and understand the thoughts of those living during the critical Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
• Provides readers with annotated primary sources that illuminate the causes of the American Civil War, the attempts to resolve these various points of contention, and the aftermath of that costly conflict• Spotlights documents such as Lincoln's first inaugural address, Julia Ward Howe's Battle Hymn of the Republic, the Homestead Act, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Gettysburg Address, and the Reconstruction Acts, among others
• Demonstrates that issues involving race, the scope of national powers, and relations between state and national governments have long been fundamental to American politics
• Enables modern readers to comprehend how many current issues have their origins in much earlier periods of U.S. history
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The Civil War and Reconstruction Eras: Documents Decoded
Author(s): Vile, John;Contributors: Vile, John;Abstract:The carefully selected and edited readings in this book are chronologically arranged so that students can trace the progression of events and understand the thoughts of those living during the critical Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
• Provides readers with annotated primary sources that illuminate the causes of the American Civil War, the attempts to resolve these various points of contention, and the aftermath of that costly conflict• Spotlights documents such as Lincoln's first inaugural address, Julia Ward Howe's Battle Hymn of the Republic, the Homestead Act, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Gettysburg Address, and the Reconstruction Acts, among others
• Demonstrates that issues involving race, the scope of national powers, and relations between state and national governments have long been fundamental to American politics
• Enables modern readers to comprehend how many current issues have their origins in much earlier periods of U.S. history
SortTitle: civil war and reconstruction eras: documents decodedAuthor Info:John R. VileauthorJohn R. Vile, PhD, is professor of political science and dean of the University Honors College at Middle Tennessee State University.
eISBN-13: 9781440854293Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440854293.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440854286Imprint: ABC-CLIOPages: 312Publication Date: 20171031Series: Documents Decoded- Cover Cover11
- Half Title i12
- Title iii14
- Copyright iv15
- Contents v16
- Introduction ix110
- SECTION I CIVIL WAR 1118
- Daniel Decatur Emmett's "(I Wish I Was In) Dixie's Land" (1859) 3120
- South Carolina Ordinance of Secession (1860) 5122
- Jefferson Davis's Inaugural Address (1861) 6123
- Peace Convention Resolutions (1861) 11128
- The Proposed Corwin Amendment (1861) 14131
- Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address (1861) 15132
- Constitution of the Confederate States (1861) 23140
- Alexander H. Stevens's "Corner Stone" Speech (1861) 39156
- The First Confiscation Act (1861) 41158
- John C. Fremont's Order Freeing Slaves of Missouri Rebels (1861) 44161
- Julia Ward Howe's "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" (1862) 47164
- An Act for the Release of Certain Persons Held to Service or Labor in the District of Columbia (1862) 49166
- The Homestead Act (1862) 53170
- The Pacific Railway Act (1862) 57174
- The Morrill Act (1862) 63180
- The Second Confiscation Act (1862) 67184
- Horace Greeley's "The Prayer of Twenty Millions" (1862) 72189
- Abraham Lincoln's Response to Greeley (1862) 77194
- Abraham Lincoln's Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation (1862) 79196
- Abraham Lincoln's Proclamation Suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus (1862) 831100
- Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation (1863) 851102
- The Conscription and Enrollment Act (1863) 881105
- The Prize Cases (1863) 931110
- Abraham Lincoln's Letter to Erastus Corning and Others (1863) 981115
- Abraham Lincoln's Proclamation on Troop Quotas (1863) 1071124
- Louis Lambert (Patrick Gilmore)'s "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again" (1863) 1091126
- Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (1863) 1111128
- Law Equalizing the Pay of Black Soldiers (1864) 1131130
- The Wade-Davis Bill (1864) 1151132
- An Act to Encourage Immigration (1864) 1211138
- Abraham Lincoln Explains His Veto of the Wade-Davis Bill (1864) 1231140
- Abraham Lincoln's Memorandum on the Possibility of Electoral Failure (1864) 1251142
- Abraham Lincoln's Response to a Serenade (1864) 1261143
- Law Creating the Freedmen's Bureau (1865) 1281145
- Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (1865) 1311148
- Confederate Law Authorizing the Enlistment of Black Soldiers (1865) 1331150
- Correspondence between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee (1865) 1371154
- Robert E. Lee's Explanation of Surrender (1865) 1421159
- SECTION II DEATH OF LINCOLN TO INAUGURATION OF GRANT 1451162
- William Lloyd Garrison's Comments at Calhoun's Grave (1865) 1471164
- Walt Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!" (1865) 1481165
- Gordon Granger's General Orders, Number 3 (1865) 1501167
- Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1865) 1521169
- Black Codes (1865-1866) 1531170
- Ex Parte Milligan (1866) 1601177
- Civil Rights Act (1866) 1711188
- The Reconstruction Acts (1867) 1731190
- Andrew Johnson's Veto of the First Reconstruction Act (1867) 1821199
- Treaty with Russia Purchasing Alaska (1867) 1921209
- Articles of Impeachment against Andrew Johnson (1868) 1961213
- Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1868) 2031220
- Frederick Douglass's Letter to Josephine Sophie White Griffing (1868) 2061223
- SECTION III THE REST OF RECONSTRUCTION 2091226
- Ulysses S. Grant's First Inaugural Address (1869) 2111228
- Texas v. White (1869) 2141231
- Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1870) 2171234
- Civil Rights Act (The Enforcement Act) (1870) 2181235
- Civil Rights Act (Second Enforcement Act) (1871) 2201237
- The Law Creating Yellowstone Park (1872) 2221239
- The Slaughterhouse Cases (1873) 2241241
- Civil Rights Act (1875) 2441261
- Minor v. Happersett (1875) 2461263
- The Page Act (1875) 2551272
- United States v. Cruikshank (1876) 2591276
- Ulysses S. Grant's Speech to the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia (1876) 2691286
- An Act Creating an Electoral Commission (1877) 2711288
- Rutherford Β. Hayes's Inaugural Address (1877) 2741291
- Chief Sitting Bull's Speech (1877) 2801297
- Timeline of Events 2831300
- Further Reading 2871304
- Index 2891306
- About the Author 2951312