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Andrew Johnson and the Radicals: A Contest over the Meaning of Reconstruction

David W. BlightPulitzer Prize WinnerYale University

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50:44·2008·introductory level

This lecture introduces Reconstruction as a referendum on the Civil War's meaning, contrasting Lincoln's lenient "Ten Percent Plan" with the more radical Wade-Davis Bill and examining early collaborative efforts between Congressional Radicals and Lincoln on key Reconstruction legislation.

HistoryModern History & GeopoliticsReconstructionAndrew JohnsonRadical Republicans

The Civil War and Reconstruction (HIST 119)

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David W. BlightPulitzer Prize Winner

Pulitzer Prize for History · Sterling Professor of History · Yale University

David W. Blight is a Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian renowned for his definitive scholarship on the American Civil War and Reconstruction.

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