Radical Reconstruction: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture)

The Reconstruction period following the Civil War was a transformative moment in which political leaders addressed questions concerning the place of the southern states in the postwar nation, the status of formerly enslaved African Americans, and the powers and limitations of the federal government. In this volume K. Stephen Prince explores the important role of the Radical Republicans in pressing for change during this period in a way designed to make the complexities of Reconstruction comprehensible to students. The Introduction introduces the Radical Republicans and details how Reconstruction grew from a complex negotiation among groups with often conflicting agendas. The documents, arranged in thematic and roughly chronological chapters, allow students to sift through the evolution of Radical Reconstruction and its aftermath through speeches, letters, press coverage, legislation, and contemporary illustrations. Document headnotes, a chronology, questions to consider, and a bibliography enrich students' understanding of Radical Reconstruction.

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• Declaring Rights: A Brief History with Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture)
• American History: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
• Give Me Liberty!: An American History (Seagull Fifth Edition) (Vol. 1)
• Apostles of Disunion: Southern Secession Commissioners and the Causes of the Civil War (A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era)
• The 1912 Election and the Power of Progressivism: A Brief History with Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture)
• Reconstruction Violence and the Ku Klux Klan Hearings: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture)
• Defending Slavery: Proslavery Thought in the Old South: A Brief History with Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture)
• My Lai: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture)
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass