The Right to Vote

Politics and the Passage of the Fifteenth Amendment
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4214-3234-2
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 349 g

Reihe: The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science

Originally published in 1965. The Right to Vote covers the immediate background, passage, and ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment. Gillette contends that the Fifteenth Amendment was intended to give voting rights to African Americans in the north, sidelining those in the south. African American suffrage, in other words, had the pragmatic effect of bringing power to the Republicans of the north. In short, the Fifteenth Amendment was not a radical document but rather was pushed by Republican moderates in an effort to consolidate their power.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gillette, William

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Preface to the Paperback Edition
Chapter 1. The Knot of Reconstruction
Chapter 2. Paralysis and Passage
Chapter 3. The Fight for Ratification
Chapter 4. Southern Reception
Chapter 5. Border State Opposition
Chapter 6. Middle Atlantic Compromise
Chapter 7. Middle Western Conflict
Chapter 8. New England Acceptance and Far Western Rejection
Chapter 9. Whirlwind of Caution
Epilogue. The Black Voter and the White Historian
Bibliography
Index
List of Tables

Über Autor(innen)

Gillette, William
William Gillette is a professor emeritus of history at Rutgers University. He specializes in the Civil War and Reconstruction, New Jersey history, and American political history.