Category
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Emancipation Proclamation
executive order issued by president Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 that freed southern slaves
Homestead Acts
United States federal laws (1860s-1930s) granting ownership of land
Morrill Act of 1862
statutes that allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges in U.S. states
Confederate States Constitution
supreme statute of the Confederate States of America
Pacific Railroad Acts
acts of Congress authorizing support for the first transcontinental railroad