Legislating Racism : The Billion Dollar Congress and the Birth of Jim Crow / Thomas Adams Upchurch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Upchurch, Thomas Adams.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Racism--Political aspects--United States--History--19th century.

Racism.

Minorities--Legal status, laws, etc--United States--History--19th century.

Minorities.

African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc--History--19th century.

African Americans.

Minorities--Civil rights--United States--History--19th century.

African Americans--Civil rights--History--19th century.

United States--Race relations--Political aspects.

United States.

United States. Congress--(51st, 2nd session : 1890-1891).

United States. Congress--(51st, 1st session : 1889-1890).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Civil War and Reconstruction were characterized by two lasting legacies -- the failure to bring racial harmony to the South and the failure to foster reconciliation between the North and South. The nation was left with a festering race problem, as a white-dominated society and political structure debated the +proper role for blacks. At the national level, both sides harbored bitter feelings toward the other, which often resulted in clashes among congressmen that inflamed, rather than solved, the race problem. No Congress expended more energy debating this issue than the Fifty-First, or ""B

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction: The Grand Old Party Faces the Grand Old Problem; Chapter 1. To Empty a Running Stream: The U. S. Senate Considers the Butler Emigration; Chapter 2. To Drain the Infinite Oceans: The Swan Song of the Once-Great Blair Education Bill; Chapter 3. Charting New Waters: The Race Problem and the ""Reed Rules"" in the House of Representatives; Chapter 4. The Very Insanity of Democracy: The Federal Elections Bill and the Return to Reconstruction in the House of Representatives

Chapter 5. Judging the Insanity: Public Reactions to the Inflammatory ""Force Bill"" and the Tyranny of the MajorityChapter 6. The Stormy and Turbulent Sea of Democratic Freedom: The Senate's Epic Struggle for Control of the Nation's Racial Destiny; Chapter 7. Showdown on Capitol Hill: The Filibuster, the Cloture Rule, and the Defeat of the Federal Elections Bill; Chapter 8. Silver, Sectionalism, Sioux Indians, and Sinophobia: Why Many Westerners Opposed the Federal Elections Bill

Chapter 9. The ""Peculiar Situation"" of African Americans and Ethnic Minorities in the United States: How Racism Became Fashionable in the 1890sConclusion: Assessing the Billion Dollar Congress and Its Effects on American History and Race Relations; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-286) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813184807

0813184800

9780813156385

0813156386

OCLC:

900344563