Civil War Congress and the Creation of Modern America
Most literature on the Civil War focuses on soldiers, battles, and politics. But for every soldier in the United States Army, there were nine civilians at home. The war affected those left on the home front in many ways. Westward expansion and land ownership increased. The draft disrupted families w...
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| description | Most literature on the Civil War focuses on soldiers, battles, and politics. But for every soldier in the United States Army, there were nine civilians at home. The war affected those left on the home front in many ways. Westward expansion and land ownership increased. The draft disrupted families while a shortage of male workers created opportunities for women that were previously unknown.
The war also enlarged the national government in ways unimagined before 1861. The Homestead Act, the Land Grant College Act, civil rights legislation, the use of paper currency, and creation of the Internal Revenue Service to collect taxes to pay for the war all illustrate how the war fundamentally, and permanently, changed the nation.
The essays in this book, drawn from a wide range of historical expertise and approaching the topic from a variety of angles, explore the changes in life at home that led to a revolution in American society and set the stage for the making of modern America.
Contributors: Jean H. Baker, Jenny Bourne, Paul Finkelman, Guy Gugliotta, Daniel W. Stowell, Peter Wallenstein, Jennifer L. Weber. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-723592025-07-30T17:27:31Z Civil War Congress and the Creation of Modern America Finkelman, Paul Kennon, Donald R. History United States Civil War Period (1850-1877) Law Legal History thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAZ Legal history Most literature on the Civil War focuses on soldiers, battles, and politics. But for every soldier in the United States Army, there were nine civilians at home. The war affected those left on the home front in many ways. Westward expansion and land ownership increased. The draft disrupted families while a shortage of male workers created opportunities for women that were previously unknown. The war also enlarged the national government in ways unimagined before 1861. The Homestead Act, the Land Grant College Act, civil rights legislation, the use of paper currency, and creation of the Internal Revenue Service to collect taxes to pay for the war all illustrate how the war fundamentally, and permanently, changed the nation. The essays in this book, drawn from a wide range of historical expertise and approaching the topic from a variety of angles, explore the changes in life at home that led to a revolution in American society and set the stage for the making of modern America. Contributors: Jean H. Baker, Jenny Bourne, Paul Finkelman, Guy Gugliotta, Daniel W. Stowell, Peter Wallenstein, Jennifer L. Weber. 2021-10-17T04:01:06Z 2021-10-17T04:01:06Z 2021-10-16T05:31:27Z 2018 book OCN: 1139297689 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51037 9780821446454 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/72359 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51037/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51037/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51037/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51037/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51037/1/external_content.pdf Ohio University Press Ohio University Press 79b72935-4d71-4d6b-bcd1-08099da31d02 9780821446454 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2019: HSS Backlist Books Ohio University Press open access |
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