Reconstruction and The Gilded Age: 1865-1900

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22. The Ordeal of Reconstruction

23. Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

Additional Notes:                               Outside Readings:

Reconstruction Historiography              "The War We Never Finished" Richard McMurray

Gilded Age Notes                               "Impeach Johnson!" Hans Trefousse 

Impeachment of Andrew Johnson         "Reconstruction, the 2nd American Revolution"

Reconstruction Notes                         "To What Extent Was Reconstruction a Tragic Era?"

W.E.B. DuBois/Booker T. Washington   "The Spoilsmen: AN Age of Cynicism" R. Hofstadter