TY - BOOK AU - Hyman,Harold Melvin TI - Era of the Oath: Northern Loyalty Tests during the Civil War and Reconstruction T2 - THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION SN - 9781512812435 AV - E458.8 U1 - 973.7/8 PY - 2017///] CY - Philadelphia : PB - University of Pennsylvania Press, KW - Loyalty oaths KW - United States KW - Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) KW - HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; Introduction: Loyalty on Demand --; 1. Congress, Cabinet, and Civil Servants --; 2. The First Year: Loyalty Tests Spread --; 3. Loyalty Defined: The Ironclad Test Oath --; 4. The Key to Freedom --; 5. A Problem of Peace: Postwar Administration and the Test Oath --; 6. Congress, the Executive, and the Test Oath --; 7. The Personal Factor in Loyalty Oaths --; 8. Vacant Chairs in Congress --; 9. Bench, Bar, and Oath --; 10. The Supreme Court Decides --; 11. First Breach --; 12. Final Repeal --; Conclusion --; Appendix --; Table of Cases Cited --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access UR - https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512817096 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781512817096 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781512817096.jpg ER -