Title: Reconstruction: the ending of the Civil War
Authors: Craven, Avery, 1885-1980.
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Year: 1969
Subjects: Reconstruction.; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); United States Politics and government
Contents: Preface -- The setting -- Secession and Civil War -- The Republican party, 1854-1865 -- The war and Reconstruction -- The south after the war -- Approaching Reconstruction -- Presidential Reconstruction begins -- Johnson "resumes" -- The southern states resume -- The black codes -- Republicans react -- Johnson versus Congress -- The Joint Committee on Reconstruction -- The fourteenth amendment -- The fourteenth amendment and "the critical year" -- The campaign and election of 1866 -- Military reconstruction planned -- The second reconstruction begins: impeachments -- Military rule and revision -- Reconstruction in action -- Economics and politics -- The Republican party and reform -- The election of 1868 and the new day -- The Democratic party and reform -- The end of Reconstruction -- Selected readings.