The second founding : how the Civil War and Reconstruction remade the constitution

The second founding how the Civil War and Reconstruction remade the constitution

The Declaration of Independence announced equality as an American ideal, but it took the Civil War and the subsequent adoption of three consitutional amendments to establish that ideal as American law. The Reconstruction amendments abolished slavery, guaranteed all persons due process and equal prot...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Foner, Eric, 1943- (-)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company 2019
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Estados Unidos. > Constituciones
Historia constitucional > Estados Unidos > s. XIX.
Reconstrucción posbélica > Estados Unidos > 1865-1877 > Influencia.
Estados Unidos > Historia > 1861-1865 (Guerra civil) > Influencia.
See on Universidad de Navarra:https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991001367179708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es
Table of Contents:
  • What is Freedom? The Thirteenth Amendment
  • Toward Equality : The Fourteenth Amendment
  • The Right to Vote : The Fifteenth Amendment
  • Justice and Jurisprudence.

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