Reconstruction : opposing viewpoints / [print]
Brenda Stalcup, book editor.
- San Diego, California : Greenhaven Press, (c)1995.
- 310 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- American history series .
- American history series (San Diego, Calif.) .
Reconstruction is an executive function Reconstruction is a legislative function The South is a separate, conquered nation The South is not a separate, conquered nation The South is willing to accept Reconstruction The South is unwilling to accept Reconstruction The Civil Rights Bill of 1866 should not be enacted The Civil Rights Bill of 1866 should be enacted The Fourteenth Amendment violates states' rights The Fourteenth Amendment does not violate states' rights President Johnson should be impeached Johnson should not be impeached Carpetbaggers have harmed the South Carpetbaggers have helped the South The Ku Klux Klan is a peacekeeping organization The Ku Klux Klan is a terrorist organization More Federal intervention is needed in the South Additional Federal intervention in the South is unnecessary Blacks should have the right to vote Blacks should not have the right to vote Southern land should be given to the freed slaves Southern land should be returned to the owners Blacks are capable of holding public office Blacks are not capable of holding public office Segregation should be maintained Segregation should be abolished The Compromise of 1877 will help Reconstruction The Compromise of 1877 will harm Reconstruction Blacks should stay in the South Blacks should leave the South The Civil Rights Act of 1875 is unconstitutional The Civil Rights Act of 1875 is constitutional Reconstruction failed because Republican reforms were too radical for American society Reconstruction failed because Republicans were not committed to racial equality Abraham Lincoln Henry Winter Davis The Joint Committee on Reconstruction Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant Carl Schurz Andrew Johnson Lyman Trumbull Andrew J. Rogers John A. Bingham Charles Sumner James Grimes William Manning Lowe Oliver Morton John Brown Gordon The Federal Grand Jury Joseph Gurney Cannon Henry Lillie Pierce Frederick Douglass Benjamin M. Boyer Thaddeus Stevens Burwell C. Ritter Henry McNeal Turner James S. Pike Henry Davis McHenry James T. Rapier John Mercer Langston George Washington Cable Frederick Douglass Richard Theodore Greener Joseph P. Bradley John Marshall Harlan William R. Brock C. Vann Woodward.