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A New Birth of Regulation: The State of the State after the Civil War

A New Birth of Regulation: The State of the State after the Civil War revi ew essay A New Birth of Regulation The State of the State after the Civil War susan j. pearson When they talk about the years between the Civil War and World War I, his- torians tell two stories that move on parallel—and largely regional—tracks. The fi rst takes place in the South and centers on civil and political rights and race: it is the story of Reconstruction and Jim Crow. In this narrative, a triumphant, expanded national government emerged from the war and committed itself, through civil rights acts and constitutional amendments, to enforcing free labor, national citizenship, and civil and political equality. Freedmen and women embraced such ideals eagerly and saw both local politics and the national government as critical to the creation of freedom on the ground in the South. However, this was a short-lived phenomenon. The federal government withdrew troops from the South, its commitment to civil and political equality shriveled up, and Democratic state legisla- tures set about creating de jure segregation and disfranchising the African American electorate. For a federal commitment to civil and political rights, African Americans would have to wait nearly a century. The second narrative is set in the North http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of the Civil War Era University of North Carolina Press

A New Birth of Regulation: The State of the State after the Civil War

Pearson, Susan J.
The Journal of the Civil War Era , Volume 5 (3) – Aug 8, 2015
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revi ew essay A New Birth of Regulation The State of the State after the Civil War susan j. pearson When they talk about the years between the Civil War and World War I, his- torians tell two stories that move on parallel—and largely regional—tracks. The fi rst takes place in the South and centers on civil and political rights and race: it is the story of Reconstruction and Jim Crow. In this narrative, a triumphant, expanded national government emerged from the war and committed itself, through civil rights acts and constitutional amendments, to enforcing free labor, national citizenship, and civil and political equality. Freedmen and women embraced such ideals eagerly and saw both local politics and the national government as critical to the creation of freedom on the ground in the South. However, this was a short-lived phenomenon. The federal government withdrew troops from the South, its commitment to civil and political equality shriveled up, and Democratic state legisla- tures set about creating de jure segregation and disfranchising the African American electorate. For a federal commitment to civil and political rights, African Americans would have to wait nearly a century. The second narrative is set in the North

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Published: Aug 8, 2015

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