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When we talk about the Civil War and Reconstruction, we’re typically focused on the South. After all, the South seceded and then needed to be Reconstructed to fulfill all the new civil rights that came with the war, hence the small amounts of troops needed to remain in the South as a constabulary after putting down their insurrection. That’s all very important history, but we kinda miss the larger picture of what’s happening here, one that renders the civil rights motive of Reconstruction extraneous to the even larger motive: reconstructing race. But in order to do that, we have to de-center the South, and see just how much of a role the West played in this “Greater Reconstruction.”
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Reconstruction lecture: https://youtu.be/bfgsBcI-fQw
California and race: https://youtu.be/HJt0hMXK6Cw
Death of the Western: https://youtu.be/x6zD1sjnClM
Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee: https://youtu.be/4CwNgWCSA90
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1:38 Intro
3:00 antebellum
3:55 incorporation
5:15 bellum
10:05 peace policy
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