03456oam 22006134a 450 991034294960332120230725182741.00-8214-4646-0(CKB)4100000009609568(OAPEN)1005726(MiAaPQ)EBC6033039(OCoLC)1120960918(MdBmJHUP)muse78381(ScCtBLL)8bd0133b-18b8-43d9-a572-118ecb7c8de6(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/38844(EXLCZ)99410000000960956820190201d2019 uy 0enguuuuu---auuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEnding the Civil War and Consequences for Congressedited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. KennonOhio University Press2019Athens, Ohio :Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press,[2019]©[2019]1 online resource (vi, 165 pages) illustrationsPerspective hist of congress, 1801-18770-8214-2337-1 Includes bibliographical references and index."The social changes and human and economic costs of the Civil War led to profound legal and constitutional developments after it ended, not least of which were the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments and the many laws devised to protect the civil rights of newly freed African Americans. These amendments and laws worked for a while, but they were ineffective or ineffectively enforced for more than a century. In Ending the Civil War and the Consequences for Congress, contributors explore how the end of the war both continued the trauma of the conflict and enhanced the potential for the new birth of freedom that Lincoln promised in the Gettysburg Address. Collectively, they bring their multidisciplinary expertise to bear on the legal, economic, social, and political aspects of the aftermath of the war and Reconstruction era. The book concludes with the reminder of how the meaning of the war has changed over time. The Civil War is no longer the "felt" history it once was, Clay Risen reminds us, and despite the work of many fine scholars it remains contested"--Provided by publisher.LAW / Legal HistorybisacshHISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)bisacshCivil rightsLaw and legislationUnited StatesHistory19th centuryPostwar reconstructionLaw and legislationUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesPolitics and government1865-1877United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Law and legislationHistoryAmerican historyLAW / Legal History.HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877).Civil rightsLaw and legislationHistoryPostwar reconstructionLaw and legislationHistory349.7309/034HIS036050LAW060000bisacshFinkelman Pauledt626812Kennon Donald R.1948-Finkelman Paul1949-MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910342949603321Ending the Civil War and Consequences for Congress3399581UNINA