Democrat who remained loyal to the union during the civil war. In 1864, Abraham Lincoln at a johnson as Vice President to his take it to bolster his reelection chances and johnson ascended to the presidency following lincolns assassination in april 1865. The radical republicans in Congress Found johnsons reconstruction policies too lenient. As a response, they put forth the sweeping 14th amendment which included provisions to ensure former slave citizenship and equal protection and due process of law. Good morning. This is constitutional history of the United States. Today we will be talking about Andrew Johnson, reconstruction and the origins of the 14th amendment. The 14th amendment is an amendment to the constitution, one of the three civil war amendments that is so important and so scrutinized because of the role it played place in deciding whether the federal government has the right to protect individual rights, economic rights, corporate rights. That even judges and scholars who
Throughout the country and the world, people raise questions about the purposes of the leaders who supported or profited from slavery, whether in richmond, boston, or birmingham, monuments and statues have become a flashpoint for the black lives matter movement. Since 2015, ford has held an annual Summer Institute set in myth memory, monument, and that has forced questions of remembrance and memorialization. Each year, we find the spring has brought new and urgent crises that require attention and consideration. This year, more that more than any recent memory, demands that and more. Today, we explore some of these questions with you. I am pleased to welcome dr. Toary green and kevin levin todays cabinet conversation. Both dr. Green and mr. Levin have written extensively on how a wide range of americans commemorate the civil war. Sharingrrently different perspectives on civil war memorials. They have been active in recent debates dr. Green is an associate professor of history and the d
Uniforms and acute ma. So, civil war fashion. This series has been investigating the power of objects to be emblem mattic of historical events. I work alongside these treasures every day and it is my great privilege to use them in exhibitions as well. But, harold, lets tell the audience a bit about the inspiration for the program, the book civil war in 50 objects. How can only 50 objects tell such a sweeping story . Well, as the cover shows, we managed to vary messages, tactile objects, images. Probably as you force us to describe this as civil war fashion ill get you for that later the hardest thing is to preserve the textiles. The objects were going to discuss today, some of them are really extraordinary in term of how theyve survived. Yeah, absolutely. And without further ado, lets get to our four things this evening. Right. We have uniform, military buttons, a foot locker, and a drum. Very interesting. Fashion . Maybe, maybe not. But an aggregate, they tell the story of uniform cou
Leaving. I wrote it down wrong and my notes. Jeremy is has written a remarkable. I will endorse it up front. Thats all i need to say here. He graduated with his earned his ph. D. At yale a number of years ago, came to madison, taught here in the History Department for ten years. And then im sorry to say, he was lured away to the university of texas and the lbj school of Public Affairs in austin, texas. The he he has authored or edited 11 books in all this. So this is the 11th. Including more recent are shortly a short time book called the impossible. Liberty surest guardians and a book about henry kissinger. Hes a hes written for the new york times, the washington wall street journal and a number of. Hes often quoted or appears is offered an invitation to comment on various news programs and radio and television. And he hosts a podcast called is democracy. Each week. As i said at the beginning, this is an important book and a remarkable book. It makes the point that civil war did not e
Which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the audience at the argument Carnegie Endowment heres , talking abouten the strategy to finance isis. In a future piece yesterday, the right that every morning david cohen descends into a cavelike complex in the bowels of the Treasury Department to pour through hundreds of pages of leaves from reports to polish threat assessments to try to demonstrate penetrate the Islamic State, capable of producing 50,000 barrels of oil a day. So david cohen surely here at the Carnegie Endowment. Ottawa a gunman shot a soldier at the war memorial in ottawa and fired shots in parliament and he himself was killed as well. We get an update from this mornings washington journal and we will be back live wednesday event gets underway. Host good morning to you. Guest i was ensconced in my office and looking at the scene from various that disappoints. I didnt see the shots everybody else was feeling. People talking about hundreds o