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Lincoln's Reconstruction westof the Mississippi River: Restoretion of loyal civil governments in Arkansas and Louisiana, 1862-1865
Rychlík, Jan ; Raková, Svatava (advisor) ; Korytová Magstadt, Štěpánka (referee)
In the course of the American Civil War, in four occupied southern states loyal civil gov ernments were established and in three other states at least attempts at reconstruction took place. The master thesis "Lincoln's Reconstruction west of the Mississippi River: Restoration of loyal civil gov ernments in Arkansas and Louisiana, 1862-1865" treats the process of wartime reconstruction of the Union in accordance within recent historiography that disputes revisionist accounts of the topic. The thesis argues that the President held to his moderate vision throughout the Civil War and did not de part from it in favour of radical conceptions by the end of the conflict. Lincoln's policy was practical, opposed to dogmatic, purpose approach of his radical fellow partisans. Two case studies of reconstruction on the state level are to show that the presidential policy was a proper one. The peculiarities of each state asked for differentiated handling. Louisiana and Arkansas were chosen for their abysmally different social, economic and political features yet common war experience. In terms of wealth, density of population, and share of slaves in its number, Louisiana and Arkansas were situated on opposite extremes of the scale. Like the other states of Lower South, Louisiana seceded in January 1861, while the Upper...
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