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Freedom, Union, and Power: Lincoln and His Party in the Civil War

Freedom, Union, and Power: Lincoln and His Party in the Civil War

Green, Michael

Hardcover

Series: North's Civil War

Presidents & Heads of StateCivil War Period (1850-1877)General Political Science

ISBN10: 0823222756
ISBN13: 9780823222759
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: Apr 28 2004
Pages: 398
Weight: 1.56
Height: 1.03 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.36
Language: English

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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