The Second American Revolution
Analysis and Impact of the Republican Economic Legislation of the Civil War Era
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Summary
The United States Civil War was a watershed event for the country. The consequences of the conflict changed the landscape of the country forever. Historian Charles Beard labeled the war “The Second American Revolution”, because he believed that more change took place during this period than any time since the Revolution. The most drastic change that occurred during the period was the abolition of slavery and the freedom given to African-Americans as a result of the passing of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments. These three pieces of legislation not only freed the slaves but gave them equal protection under the law. In only a few short years, the entire social structure of the country was uprooted and replaced by a new American society.
Table of Contents
- The United States Civil War was a watershed event for the country.
- The government during the war, led by President Abraham Lincoln, was controlled by the Northern Republicans
- While the men who founded the party came from a variety of backgrounds, they came together as an act of defiance against the slavocracy of the South, who they believed would take over the government and spread slavery across the country.
- This delicate economic climate was the situation in which the Republican Party first formed in the 1850s.
- The new party experienced immediate success, winning control of the House of Representatives in the fall of 1854.
- Abraham Lincoln's ideas follow closely with those of Henry Clay, the chief economist of the Whigs.
- In addition to the ability to impose an internal tariff in the country, the Internal Revenue Act included another clause to raise revenue for the war.
- Despite all the disagreements about the Legal Tender Act, it was eventually passed on February 25, 1862, and immediately gave a much need infusion of money to the government.
- The bill proposed by Secretary Chase would seek to remedy the archaic American banking structure.
- The first economic historian to delve into the Civil War was Charles Beard, who labeled the war the 'Second American Revolution.?
- Other historians have focused on the actual passage of the legislation, rather than its long-term effects.
- In the end the Civil War was a landmark even in American history.
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