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A Documentary History of the American Civil War Era : Volume 1, Legislative Achievements / Volume 1, Legislative achievements / Legislative achievements / Volume 1,

This book provides a collection of public policy actions, political speeches, and judicial decisions related to the American Civil War. This work gives scholars, teachers, and students easy access to the full texts of the most important, fundamental documents as well as hard-to-find, rarely publishe...

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Otros Autores: Mackey, Thomas C., 1956- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2012]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction : A Documentary History of the American Civil War Era, Volume 1
  • Legislative Achievements
  • The Fugitive Slave Act, September 18, 1850
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act, May 30, 1854
  • The Crittenden Compromise, December 18, 1860
  • Proposed Thirteenth Amendment of 1860, March 2, 1861
  • Proposed Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution of 1860-1861
  • President Abraham Lincoln - A Proclamation, April 15, 1861
  • Governor Magoffin's Refusal of Troops, April 16, 1861
  • and, Kentucky's Declaration of Neutrality, May 16, 1861
  • Proclamations on Blockade and Marque
  • The Crittenden-Johnson Resolutions on the Objects of the War, July 22, 1861
  • The First Confiscation Act, August 6, 1861
  • Seditious Conspiracy Act, July 31, 1861
  • Abolishment of Slavery in the District of Columbia Act, April 16, 1862
  • Confederate Conscription Act, April 17, 1862
  • and, The "Twenty Negro" Amendment, October 11, 1862
  • Homestead Act of 1862, May 20, 1862
  • Pacific Railroad Act, July 1, 1862
  • Morrill Land Grant Act, July 2, 1862
  • Non-Issued Lincoln Veto To Second Confiscation, July 12, 1862
  • Supplement, Abolishment of Slavery in the District of Columbia Act, July 12, 1862
  • Judiciary Act, July 15, 1862
  • The Militia Act, July 17, 1862
  • The Second Confiscation Act, July 17, 1862
  • The Second Confiscation Act Supplement, July 17, 1862
  • West Virginia Act, December 31, 1862
  • National Banking Act, February 25, 1863
  • Federal Conscription Act, March 3, 1863
  • Habeas Corpus Act, March 3, 1863
  • The Freedmen's Bureau Act, March 3, 1865
  • Thirteenth Amendment, Passed by Congress January 31, 1865, and Ratified December 6, 1865
  • President Andrew Johnson Veto of the Freedmen's Bureau Act, February 19, 1866
  • President Andrew Johnson Veto of the Civil Rights Bill, March 27, 1866
  • Civil Rights Act, April 9, 1866
  • The Freedmen's Bureau Act, July 16, 1866
  • President Andrew Johnson Freedmen's Bureau Veto Message, July 16, 1866
  • Judicial Circuits Act, July 23, 1866
  • Habeas Corpus Act, February 5, 1867
  • The Reconstruction Act [First], March 2, 1867
  • President Andrew Johnson's Veto of the First Military Reconstruction Act, March 2, 1867
  • Tenure of Office Act, March 2, 1867
  • President Andrew Johnson Veto of the Tenure of Office Act, March 2, 1867
  • Anti-Peonage Act, March 2, 1867
  • The Reconstruction Act [Second], March 23, 1867
  • President Andrew Johnson Veto of the Second Military Reconstruction Act, March 23, 1867
  • Reconstruction Act [Third], July 19, 1867
  • Veto of the Third Military Reconstruction Act, July 19, 1867
  • Articles of Impeachment Presented against President Andrew Johnson, February 24, 1868
  • Reconstruction Act [Fourth], March 11, 1868
  • Fourteenth Amendment, Passed by Congress, June 13, 1866, and Ratified July 9, 1868
  • Fifteenth Amendment, Passed by Congress, February 26, 1869 and Ratified February 3, 1870
  • The Enforcement Act of 1870, May 30, 1870
  • The Enforcement Act of 1871, April 20, 1871.