Democracy Reborn
The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America
A riveting narrative of the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment, an act which revolutionized the U.S. constitution and shaped the nation's destiny in the wake of the Civil WarThough the end of the Civil War and Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation inspired optimism for a new, happier reality for blacks, in truth the battle for equal rights was just beginning. Andrew Johnson, Lincoln's successor, argued that the federal government could not abolish slavery. In Johnson's America, there would be no black voting, no civil rights for blacks.When a handful of men and women rose to challenge Johnson, the stage was set for a bruising constitutional b…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4668-5125-2
- EAN: 9781466851252
- Produktnummer: 22474544
- Verlag: Henry Holt and Co.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 352 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 452 KB
- Auflage: First Edition
- Abbildungen: Includes eight pages of pictures
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Garrett Epps
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