Revolution altered the social structure of the states that were involved in the revolution. And on the last time we met we talked about the impact of the revolution on africanamericans and on the institution of slavery. We saw that in that case the legacy was quite mixed right . The revolution set the institution of slavery on the path to destruction in the northern states but was instrumental in deepening and strengthening the institution in the southern states. Today, i want to talk about two topics that are two sides of the same coin. How the revolution affected native americans and how the revolution created a new system for thinking about making western lands widely available to ordinary people. Those are two sides same coin. On the one hands, the revolution initiated a new kind of commitment to pretty rapid westward territorial Expansion N a widely democratic system of Land Holding, Land Ownership, which was, you know, a really powerful engine of economic Opportunity And Democrac
Conflicts and relationships between the new federal government, settlers, and native americans. We have been talking about the revolution, what changes did it initiate in american society, american government, why should we think of it as a revolution rather than simply a war for independence . We have talked about this in various frameworks. We talked about whether the revolution altered the social structure of the states that were involved in the revolution. And on the last time we met we talked about the impact of the revolution on africanamericans and on the institution of slavery. We saw that in that case the legacy was quite mixed right . The revolution set the institution of slavery on the path to destruction in the northern states but was instrumental in deepening and strengthening the institution in the southern states. Today, i want to talk about two topics that are two sides of the same coin. How the revolution affected native americans and how the revolution created a new s
it s my pleasure to welcome back tj stiles to cwi. he spoke yesterday as you know. he spoke on george armstrong custer, based upon a book that he received the pulitzer for. he is, as you all know, the winner of two pulitzers. this afternoon he is going to speak on another let s say misunderstood character in jesse james. jesse james, the study of him by tj stiles is really at the point of a new wave of civil war scholarship that s focusing on guerilla warfare. you heard bart meyers yesterday. you met kim noe. they have all been doing work on what many have considered to be the periphery of the civil war. thanks to these scholars and thanks to tj stiles, we now have a more expansive view of civil war military history. jesse james, unfortunately, is sometimes perceived as a robin hood figure of the old west. we often see jesse james as being apolitical. that he is part of those bandits like bloody bill anderson. i think what is so impressive about what tj styles has done is tha
confederate guerrillas operating in kansas and the region were drawing support from rural western missouri. in an attempt to cut off their supplies the union army evicted citizens from multiple counties along the kansas border and burned many of their homes. this became a missing as as missouri prosperous district. next tom rafiner talks about what happens to the families affected by the order. the kansas city public library hosted this event. it is about an hour. welcome. how are you? my name is eli paul and i head of the missouri valley special collections, which is the history arm of the kansas city public library. it is my pleasure to introduce our speaker, tom rafiner. by the time of lee s surrender at appomattox, the land at people of western missouri had suffered as much as any during the civil war. the 1860 five edict known as order number 11 and the federal army that carried it out had depopulated several missouri counties, devastated homes and farms, and left de
examining the public and private lives of the women who fill the position of first lady and their influence on the president he. for martha washington to michelle obama, sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history on c-span3. as a compliment, c-span s new book. first ladies presidential historians on the lives of iconic women. it is available as a hardcover or an e-book. during the civil war in 1863 the union army believed confederate guerrillas in kansas in the region were drying from missouri. in an attempt they imposed general order 11. the kansas city library hosted the talk. my name is eli paul and the land and people of western missouri had suffered as much as any during the civil war. the 1865 edict known as order number 11 had depopulated several missouri counties, devastated homes and farms and left the physical and mental scars that took decades to heal. a local independent historian has authored two books on the subject of this burnt district. caught between