Retreat From Reconstruction, 1869 - 1879

✍ Scribed by William Gillette

• Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
• Year: 1979
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 479
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

RETREAT FROM RECONSTRUCTION 1869-1879
Contents
Preface
1 / Reveille for Reconstruction, 1867-1870
2 / Bullets and Ballots: Enforcing the Right to Vote
Enforcing the Right to Vote
3 / Double Liability: The Presidential Campaign of 1872
The Presidential Campaign of 1872
4 / Federal Power Tested: Grant’s Early Southern Policy in Five States
Grant's Early Southern Policy in Five States
5 / The Longest Battle: Intervention in Louisiana
Intervention in Louisiana
6 / Politics or War? The Federal Response to Arkansas and Mississippi
The Federal Response to Arkansas and Mississippi
7 / A Study in Incongruities: Grant s Southern Policy and Performance
Grant's Southern Policy and Performance
8 / Racism and Reconstruction: Congress and the Country Debate Equality After 1872
Congress and the Country Debate Equality
After 1872
9 / Black and White: Civil Rights and Counterrevolution
Civil Rights and Counterrevolution
10 / Referendum on Reconstruction: The Congressional Election of 1874
The Congressional Election of 1874
11 / Insignificant Victory: The Civil Rights Act of 1875
The Civil Rights Act of 1875
12 / Symbolic Defeat: The "Force" Bill in Congress and Election Enforcement in the Supreme Court
The “Force” Bill in Congress and Election Enforcement in the Supreme Court
13 / Centennial Coda: Patriotic Fervor and Presidential Politics
Patriotic Fervor and Presidential Politics
14 / Peace Without Justice: Hayes's Southern Policy
Hayes's Southern Policy
15 / Reconstruction in Retrospect
Notes
Bibliographical Essay
Acknowledgments
Index