Legislating Racism : The Billion Dollar Congress and the Birth of Jim Crow /

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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 structur...

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Autor principal: Upchurch, Thomas Adams
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2004.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Crow, Jim.
United States. > Congress.
United States. > Congress > (51st, 2nd session : > 1890-1891)
United States. > Congress > (51st, 1st session : > 1889-1890)
Juridische aspecten.
Politieke aspecten.
Rassenvraagstuk.
Ethnische Beziehungen
Bürgerrecht
Racism > Political aspects.
Race relations > Political aspects.
Minorities > Legal status, laws, etc.
Minorities > Civil rights.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
African Americans > Civil rights.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
Racisme > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Minorites > Droits > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Noirs americains > Droits > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Racism > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Minorities > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History > 19th century.
Minorities > Civil rights > United States > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 19th century.
Schwärze
USA
United States.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Aspect politique.
United States > Race relations > Political aspects.
History.
Electronic books.
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  • The grand old party faces the grand old problem
  • To empty a running stream : the U.S. Senate considers the Butler Emigration Bill
  • To drain the infinite oceans : the swan song of the once-great Blair Education Bill
  • Charting new waters : the race problem and the "Reed rules" in the House of Representatives
  • The very insanity of democracy : the Federal Elections Bill and the return to reconstruction in the House of Representatives
  • Judging the insanity : public reactions to the inflammatory "Force Bill" and the tyranny of the majority
  • The stormy and turbulent sea of democratic freedom : the Senate's epic struggle for control of the nation's racial destiny
  • Showdown on Capitol Hill : the filibuster, the cloture rule, and the defeat of the Federal Elections Bill
  • Silver, sectionalism, Sioux Indians, and sinophobia : why many westerners opposed the Federal Elections Bill
  • The "peculiar situation" of African Americans and ethnic minorities in the United States : how racism became fashionable in the 1890s
  • Assessing the billion dollar Congress and its effects on American history and race relations.

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