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Presidents from Taylor to Grant, 1849-1877 : debating the issues in pro and con primary documents / [compiled by] Jeffrey W. Coker.
Van Pelt Library E176.1 .P9227 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- President's position
- The president's position
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presidents--United States--History--19th century--Sources.
- Presidents.
- Politics and government.
- History.
- United States--Politics and government--1849-1877--Sources.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 232 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- Explore slavery, secession, and reconstruction, among other hot-button issues faced by the Nation and its presidents in this crucial period in U.S. History.
- Contents:
- 1 Zachary Taylor (1849-1850) and Millard Fillmore (1850-1853) 13
- Slavery in Newly Acquired Territories 23
- The Fugitive Slave Act 28
- Slavery and the Slave Trade in Washington, DC 33
- Americans and Revolution in Cuba 38
- Canal Rights in Central America: The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty 44
- 2 Franklin Pierce (1853-1857) 53
- The Kansas-Nebraska Act 59
- Indian Removal 65
- Federal Funding for the Mentally Ill 69
- The Gadsden Purchase 75
- The Ostend Manifesto 79
- 3 James Buchanan (1857-1861) 87
- The Lecompton Constitution 93
- The Homestead Bill 99
- The Dred Scott Case 104
- John Brown's Raid 109
- 4 Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) 115
- Slavery 123
- Secession 128
- Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus 134
- The Military Draft 139
- Enlistment of African Americans 143
- Amnesty and Reconstruction 149
- 5 Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) 155
- Military Reconstruction 162
- The Freedmen's Bureau Bill 167
- Civil Rights for Freedmen 172
- The Acquisition of Alaska 177
- Impeachment and the Tenure of Office Act 182
- 6 Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877) 189
- The Fifteenth Amendment 196
- The Ku Klux Klan Act 200
- Acquisition of Santo Domingo 205
- The Spoils System and Civil Service Reform 210
- Currency and Paper Money 214.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-222) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0313315515
- OCLC:
- 48265636
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