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Paul D. Moreno
and Johnathan O’Neill
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Introduction 1
- Prologue: A Second American Revolution? George Washington and the Origins of the Civil War 9
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Part I Constitutionalism Endangered: The Road to Civil War
- 1 Martin Van Buren as Statesman: State Rights and the Rise of the “Free Soil” Party 29
- 2 Lincoln on Black Citizenship 55
- 3 Lincoln, Secession, and Revolution: Th e Civil War Challenge to the Founding 81
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Part II Legal Change and Constitutional Politics in Reconstruction and the Gilded Age
- 4 The Trial of Jefferson Davis and the Americanization of Treason Law 113
- 5 At Every Fireside: Constitutional Politics in the Era of Reconstruction 133
- 6 “The Legitimate Object of Government”: Constitutional Problems of Civil War–Era Republican Policy 161
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Part III Contesting the Legacy of Lincoln and the Civil War in the Progressive Era
- Woodrow Wilson and the Meaning of the Lincoln Legacy 183
- 8 The Idea of Constitutional Conservatism in the Early Twentieth Century 202
- Notes 223
- List of Contributors 269
- Index 273
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Introduction 1
- Prologue: A Second American Revolution? George Washington and the Origins of the Civil War 9
-
Part I Constitutionalism Endangered: The Road to Civil War
- 1 Martin Van Buren as Statesman: State Rights and the Rise of the “Free Soil” Party 29
- 2 Lincoln on Black Citizenship 55
- 3 Lincoln, Secession, and Revolution: Th e Civil War Challenge to the Founding 81
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Part II Legal Change and Constitutional Politics in Reconstruction and the Gilded Age
- 4 The Trial of Jefferson Davis and the Americanization of Treason Law 113
- 5 At Every Fireside: Constitutional Politics in the Era of Reconstruction 133
- 6 “The Legitimate Object of Government”: Constitutional Problems of Civil War–Era Republican Policy 161
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Part III Contesting the Legacy of Lincoln and the Civil War in the Progressive Era
- Woodrow Wilson and the Meaning of the Lincoln Legacy 183
- 8 The Idea of Constitutional Conservatism in the Early Twentieth Century 202
- Notes 223
- List of Contributors 269
- Index 273