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Informationen zum Autor Charles William Ramsdell (1877–1942) taught history at the University of Texas at Austin. Klappentext A reprint of the 1910 study, Reconstruction in Texas examines the events that still impact upon Texas and the South. Zusammenfassung An examination of events that still impact upon Texas and the South. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter I. The Secession Movement Chapter II. Texas During the War Chapter III. The Break-Up 1. Decline and Collapse of Confederate Military Power 2. Confusion about Cotton 3. The Negro Question and Labor Conditions Part I-Presidential Reconstruction Chapter IV. The State Under Provisional Government 1. Inauguration of the New RÉgime 2. Loyalty and Disloyalty in the State 3. The Freedmen and the Freedmen’s Bureau 4. Relations of the Civil and the Military Authorities Chapter V. The Constitutional Convention of 1866 Chapter VI. The Restoration of State Government 1. The State Elections of 1866 2. Inauguration of the New Government 3. The Eleventh Legislature 4. Problems and Policies of Throckmorton’s Administration Part II-Congressional Reconstruction Chapter VII. The Undoing of Civil Government 1. The Reconstruction Acts 2. The Provisional State Government and the Military Commanders Chapter VIII. Radical-Military Rule 1. Radical Politics and Factions 2. Removal of Sheridan; Reversal of Military Policy by Hancock Chapter IX. The Reconstruction Convention of 1868–1869 1. First Session 2. Conditions during the Recess; Presidential Election 3. Second Session Chapter X. The Campaign and Election of 1869 1. The Appeal to Congress 2. The Formation of Tickets 3. The Canvass: Radicals Supported by Grant 4. The Election Chapter XI. The Final Act of Reconstruction Epilogue Chapter XII. Radical Rule and Its Overthrow 1. Policies and Legislation 2. Growth of the Opposition 3. Election of 1873 and the End Bibliography Index
