Contents vii
Articles of Impeachment against Andrew Johnson (1868) 196
Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1868) 203
Frederick Douglass’s Letter to Josephine Sophie White Griffi ng (1868) 206
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Ulysses S. Grant’s First Inaugural Address (1869) 211
Texas v. White (1869) 214
Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1870) 217
Civil Rights Act (Th e Enforcement Act) (1870) 218
Civil Rights Act (Second Enforcement Act) (1871) 220
Th e Law Creating Yellowstone Park (1872) 222
Th e Slaughterhouse Cases (1873) 224
Civil Rights Act (1875) 244
Minor v. Happersett (1875) 246
Th e Page Act (1875) 255
United States v. Cruikshank (1876) 259
Ulysses S. Grant’s Speech to the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia (1876) 269
An Act Creating an Electoral Commission (1877) 271
Rutherford B. Hayes’s Inaugural Address (1877) 274
Chief Sitting Bull’s Speech (1877) 280
Timeline of Events 283
Further Reading 287
Index 289
About the Author 295
