The Right to Vote: Politics and the Passage of the Fifteenth Amendment
- ISBN-10
- 1421432366
- ISBN-13
- 9781421432366
- Series
- The Right to Vote
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 208
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-12-01
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Author
- William Gillette
Description
In short, the Fifteenth Amendment was not a radical document but rather was pushed by Republican moderates in an effort to consolidate their power.
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Other editions
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- 2009-06-30
- 498 pages
- Paperback
- Basic Books (AZ)
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- 2004-10-20
- 488 pages
- Ebook
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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