Reconstruction in Texas

Zusammenfassung An examination of events that still impact upon Texas and the South.

List of contents

• 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
        
        
        

        About the author

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        Charles William Ramsdell (1877–1942) taught history at the University of Texas at Austin.
        
        

Product details

• Authors: Charles W. Ramsdell, Charles William Ramsdell
• Publisher: University Of Texas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1970
• EAN: 9780292700314
• ISBN: 978-0-292-70031-4
• No. of pages: 324
• Series: University of Texas at Austin; University of Texas Press; Texas History Paperbacks
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous