Dickerson, Donna.
Reconstruction Era, The : Primary Documents on Events from 1865 to 1877. - 1 online resource (452 pages) - Debating Historical Issues in the Media of the Time . - Debating Historical Issues in the Media of the Time .
Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Introduction: Newspapers during Reconstruction -- Chronology of Events -- Chapter 1: The First Year: Expressions of Hope and Concern, 1865 -- Chapter 2: Johnson's Presidential Reconstruction Plan, 1865-66 -- Chapter 3: The Freedmen's Bureau, 1865-72 -- Chapter 4: Black Codes, 1865 -- Chapter 5: Seating the South's Congressional Delegation, 1865 -- Chapter 6: President Johnson versus Radical Congress, 1866 -- Chapter 7: Freedmen's Bureau Act, 1866 -- Chapter 8: Civil Rights Act of 1866 -- Chapter 9: Black Suffrage: Before the Vote, 1865-66 -- Chapter 10: The Fourteenth Amendment, 1866 -- Chapter 11: New Orleans Riot, 1866 -- Chapter 12: Congressional Reconstruction, 1867 -- Chapter 13: Black Suffrage: The First Vote, 1867 -- Chapter 14: The Alaska Purchase, 1867 -- Chapter 15: Impeachment of President Johnson, 1868 -- Chapter 16: Creating the Carpetbagger Myth, 1867-69 -- Chapter 17: The Battle for Woman Suffrage, 1867-70 -- Chapter 18: Indian Policy in the West, 1867-76 -- Chapter 19: Violence and the Ku Klux Klan, 1867-72 -- Chapter 20: Sunday Liquor Laws, 1866-73 -- Chapter 21: Mormons and Polygamy, 1870-77 -- Chapter 22: Black Suffrage: The Fifteenth Amendment and Beyond, 1869-77 -- Chapter 23: Chinese Immigration, 1867-72 -- Chapter 24: Boss Tweed and His New York Ring, 1870-73 -- Chapter 25: The Crédit Mobilier Scandal, 1872-73 -- Chapter 26: The Trial of Susan B. Anthony, 1873 -- Chapter 27: The Civil Rights Act of 1875 -- Chapter 28: The Hamburg Massacre, 1876 -- Chapter 29: The Compromised Election of 1876 -- Chapter 30: The End of Reconstruction, 1874-77 -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
As the sole purveyors of news and opinion, Reconstruction-era newspapers bent and spindled American public opinion with little regard for independent journalism and great regard for party politics. In other words, the newspapers of the Reconstruction era served political rather than social needs. The issues facing the nation were momentous, and opinions on how to deal with the problems were vigorously presented and defended. Using editorials, letters, essays, and news reports that appeared throughout the country's print media, this book reveals how editors, politicians, and other Americans used the press to influence opinion from 1865 to 1877. Issues such as civil rights, constitutional amendments, a presidential impeachment, Indian wars, immigration, and political corruption dominated the newspapers and gave journalists opportunities to advance their agendas. Each of the 30 chapters of this book introduces an event or issue and includes news articles representing opposing sides of the issue as it affected Americans. Readers can use the introductory essays and primary source documents to understand how newspapers and magazines presented vital events and issues to Americans of the day. This invaluable reference source presents hard-to-find opinions in the words of those who wrote them.
9780313017063
American newspapers -- History -- 19th century.
Public opinion -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Press coverage.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Public opinion.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Sources.
Electronic books.
E668 -- .D545 2003eb
973 973.8
Reconstruction Era, The : Primary Documents on Events from 1865 to 1877. - 1 online resource (452 pages) - Debating Historical Issues in the Media of the Time . - Debating Historical Issues in the Media of the Time .
Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Introduction: Newspapers during Reconstruction -- Chronology of Events -- Chapter 1: The First Year: Expressions of Hope and Concern, 1865 -- Chapter 2: Johnson's Presidential Reconstruction Plan, 1865-66 -- Chapter 3: The Freedmen's Bureau, 1865-72 -- Chapter 4: Black Codes, 1865 -- Chapter 5: Seating the South's Congressional Delegation, 1865 -- Chapter 6: President Johnson versus Radical Congress, 1866 -- Chapter 7: Freedmen's Bureau Act, 1866 -- Chapter 8: Civil Rights Act of 1866 -- Chapter 9: Black Suffrage: Before the Vote, 1865-66 -- Chapter 10: The Fourteenth Amendment, 1866 -- Chapter 11: New Orleans Riot, 1866 -- Chapter 12: Congressional Reconstruction, 1867 -- Chapter 13: Black Suffrage: The First Vote, 1867 -- Chapter 14: The Alaska Purchase, 1867 -- Chapter 15: Impeachment of President Johnson, 1868 -- Chapter 16: Creating the Carpetbagger Myth, 1867-69 -- Chapter 17: The Battle for Woman Suffrage, 1867-70 -- Chapter 18: Indian Policy in the West, 1867-76 -- Chapter 19: Violence and the Ku Klux Klan, 1867-72 -- Chapter 20: Sunday Liquor Laws, 1866-73 -- Chapter 21: Mormons and Polygamy, 1870-77 -- Chapter 22: Black Suffrage: The Fifteenth Amendment and Beyond, 1869-77 -- Chapter 23: Chinese Immigration, 1867-72 -- Chapter 24: Boss Tweed and His New York Ring, 1870-73 -- Chapter 25: The Crédit Mobilier Scandal, 1872-73 -- Chapter 26: The Trial of Susan B. Anthony, 1873 -- Chapter 27: The Civil Rights Act of 1875 -- Chapter 28: The Hamburg Massacre, 1876 -- Chapter 29: The Compromised Election of 1876 -- Chapter 30: The End of Reconstruction, 1874-77 -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
As the sole purveyors of news and opinion, Reconstruction-era newspapers bent and spindled American public opinion with little regard for independent journalism and great regard for party politics. In other words, the newspapers of the Reconstruction era served political rather than social needs. The issues facing the nation were momentous, and opinions on how to deal with the problems were vigorously presented and defended. Using editorials, letters, essays, and news reports that appeared throughout the country's print media, this book reveals how editors, politicians, and other Americans used the press to influence opinion from 1865 to 1877. Issues such as civil rights, constitutional amendments, a presidential impeachment, Indian wars, immigration, and political corruption dominated the newspapers and gave journalists opportunities to advance their agendas. Each of the 30 chapters of this book introduces an event or issue and includes news articles representing opposing sides of the issue as it affected Americans. Readers can use the introductory essays and primary source documents to understand how newspapers and magazines presented vital events and issues to Americans of the day. This invaluable reference source presents hard-to-find opinions in the words of those who wrote them.
9780313017063
American newspapers -- History -- 19th century.
Public opinion -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Press coverage.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Public opinion.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Sources.
Electronic books.
E668 -- .D545 2003eb
973 973.8