History Of America Post Civil War

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Morrill Tariff

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a protective tariff law adopted on March 2, 1861. The act is named after its House sponsor, Rep. Justin Morrill of Vermont, who designed it with the advice of Pennsylvania economist Henry C. Carey.The immediate effect of the Morrill Tariff was to more than double the tax collected on most dutiable items entering the United States.

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The National Banking Act

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was a United States federal law that established a system of national charters for banks. It encouraged development of a national currency based on bank holdings of U.S. Treasury securities. It also established the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) as part of the Department of the Treasury. This was to establish a national security holding body for the existence of the monetary policy of the state. The Act, together with Abraham Lincoln's issuance of "greenbacks," raised money for the federal government in the American Civil War by enticing banks to buy federal bonds and taxed state bonds out of existence. The law proved defective and was replaced by the National Bank Act of 1864.

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Homestead Act of 1862

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was a United States Federal law that gave an applicant freehold title to 160 acres (one quarter section or about 65 hectares)-640 acres (one section or about 260 hectares) of undeveloped land outside of the original 13 colonies. The new law required three steps: file an application, improve the land, and file for deed of title. Anyone who had never taken up arms against the U.S. Government, including freed slaves, could file an application and improvements to a local land office. The Act was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862.

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Morrill Land Grant

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The MLGA transformed higher education and was responsible for the establishment of numerous colleges across the country. In this legislation, championed in the Congress by Justin Smith Morrill, the federal government took, for the first time, a leadership role in higher education in the United States.

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Yankee Rule

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Imposing a tax that encourages mad southerners to move north (canada) where there is not such a high tax.

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Frederick Douglass

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(born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, February 14, 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American abolitionist, women's suffragist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer. Called "The Sage of Anacostia" and "The Lion of Anacostia", Douglass is one of the most prominent figures in African-American and United States history. In 1872, Douglass became the first African American nominated as a Vice Presidential candidate in the U.S., running on the Equal Rights Party ticket with Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for President of the United States.

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The Freedmen's Bureau

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Despite the many criticisms, the Freedmen's Bureau did help African-Americans gain access to the rights that they were denied during slavery. This site will address four of these rights.


Social Services
The Freedmen's Bureau helped black communities to establish schools and churches. Under slavery, blacks had been denied the right to education and religion.
Violence and Justice
The Freemen's Bureau monitored the civil authorities in cases that involved African-Americans. Initially, the Freedmen's Bureau conducted its own court of law when it was illegal for a black to testify in court in the majority of Southern sates.
Labor and Contracts
The labor system of the South had to be completely restructured after the war. Many former slave owners attempted to trick former slaves into entering contracts under the same terms as under the slavery system. The Freedmen's Bureau acted on the behalf of blacks to negotiate fair contracts for labor and property.
Family Services
Freedom offered blacks the opportunity to establish a firm family structure. The Freedmen's Bureau acted as a clearinghouse of information to aide blacks in finding lost relatives and mediated domestic disputes.

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Proclaimation of Amnesty

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I, ABRARAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, do proclaim, declare, and make known to all persons who have, directly or by implication, participated in the existing rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted, that a full pardon is hereby granted to them and each of them, with restoration of all rights of property, except as to slaves, and in property cases where rights of third parties shall have intervened, and upon the condition that every such person shall take and subscribe an oath, and thenceforward keep and maintain said oath inviolate; and which oath shall be registered for permanent preservation, and shall be of the tenor and effect following, to wit:—

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Reconstruction

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After the Civil War ended, the period of Reconstruction in the South brought great hope for change. For over ten years gains were made: schools were created, teachers were trained, and black politicians were elected into office. As quickly as these gains came, however, they vanished after southern whites took back political power.

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Radicals

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Radicals believed that giving blacks the right to vote was the only way to prevent southern elites from seizing power again. Even though Congress demanded that the southern states enfranchise blacks, Republicans still feared that whites might one day revoke this right. To prevent this, they decided to incorporate black suffrage into the Constitution itself: in 1869 they passed the Fifteenth Amendment to guarantee that all black males had the right to vote. Furthermore, Republicans made ratification a prerequisite for all southern states still awaiting readmission. Three-fourths of the states finally ratified the amendment in 1870.