A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . f 1869 ; his administration characterized by extravagance, corrup-tion, arbitrary and despotic outrages, a lawless State Police, anduniversal disregard of political and personal liberty ; the conservativecitizens of all parties organize a movement for a change ; a Democraticlegislature is elected in 1872 and a Democratic governor in 1873 ; Davis 25 ;S6 A COMPLETE HISTORV OF TEXAS. Period VII. Recon-struction i865 TO1874 attempts to hold the government, with the aid of a corrupt SupremeCourt, but is forced to yield ; Democratic
A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . f 1869 ; his administration characterized by extravagance, corrup-tion, arbitrary and despotic outrages, a lawless State Police, anduniversal disregard of political and personal liberty ; the conservativecitizens of all parties organize a movement for a change ; a Democraticlegislature is elected in 1872 and a Democratic governor in 1873 ; Davis 25 ;S6 A COMPLETE HISTORV OF TEXAS. Period VII. Recon-struction i865 TO1874 attempts to hold the government, with the aid of a corrupt SupremeCourt, but is forced to yield ; Democratic government re-established Jan-uary 17, 1874. Parallel Readings. ScarfTs Comprehensive History of Texas, Vol. II., Part III, O. Political History of Texas ; Browns History of Texas ; Destruction and Reconstruction, by General Richard Taylor; Lifeof L. Q. C. Lamar, by Mays ; Blaines Twenty Years in Congress ;S. S. Coxs Three Decades of Federal Legislation ; John Shermans Recollections of Forty Years in House, Senate, and Cabinet ; GeneralGrants Cami- in VVksiekn THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD. 387 CONTEMPORANEOUS EVENTS.—1865-1874. Parallel to Period VII. AMERICA. 1866.—Civil Rights bill passed by Congress, April 12. PresidentialReconstruction of Southern States begun. Outrages by FreedmensBureau and military authorities upon citizens of the South. Rise of Ku-Klux Klan. Continued war in Mexico. Fenian invasions inCanada. 1867.—Nebraska admitted to the Union, March i. Alaska ceded byRussia to United States. Napoleon III. abandons Maximilian, whois captured and shot by the Mexicans ; Juarez re-elected Dominion of Canada established. 1868.—Attempted impeachment of President Johnson. General Grantelected President. Beginning of Congressional Reeonstrnetioii inthe South. Santa Anna and others attempt revolution in Mexico. 1869.—President Grant inaugurated, March 4. Fifteenth Amendmentadopted. Pacific Railroad completed. 1870.
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