Freedom, Union, and Power : Lincoln and His Party in the Civil War / Michael Green.
Green, Michael, author.
2022
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Title Freedom, Union, and Power : Lincoln and His Party in the Civil War / Michael Green.
Author Green, Michael, author.
ISBN 9780823291618
DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823291618
Published New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2022]
Copyright ©2004
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (398 p.)
Item Number 10.1515/9780823291618 doi
Summary Freedom, Union, and Power analyzes the beliefs of the Republican Party during the Civil War, how those beliefs changed, and what those changes foreshadowed for the future. The party's pre-war ideology of "free soil, free labor, free men" changed with the Republican ascent to power in the White House. With Lincoln's election, Republicans faced something new-responsibility for the government. With responsibility came the need to wage a war for the survival of that government, the country, and the party. And with victory in the war came responsibility responsibility for saving the Union-by ending slavery-and for pursuing policies that fit into their belief in a strong, free Union. Michael Green shows how Republicans had to wield federal power to stop a rebellion against freedom and union. Crucial to their use of federal power was their hope of keeping that power-the intersection of policy and politics.
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Series The North's Civil War
In Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
Fordham University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
Available in Other Form print 9780823222759
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Frontmatter
CONTENTS
Abbreviations Used in the Notes
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Freedom, Union, and Power: The Civil War Republican Party
2. Free Labor, Freed Labor, and Free Capital
3. The Great Secession Winter and the Politics of Power and Responsibility
4. Lincoln's Warring Cabinet: Many Secretaries, One Ideology
5. The Republicans and Slavery
6. Law and Order: The Republicans, the Supreme Court, and the Constitution
7. The Paradox of Power: Republicans and the Military
8. The Republican Party, the Union Party, and Lincoln's Reelection
9. Reforming and Remaking the Nation
Conclusion: Successes and Failures of Republican Ideology
Bibliography
Index

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