Acknowledgments | p. ix |
Introduction: A Documentary History of the American Civil War Era | p. xi |
Legislative Achievements | |
Fugitive Slave Act, September 18, 1850 | p. 5 |
Kansas-Nebraska Act, May 30, 1854 | p. 11 |
Crittenden Compromise, December 18, 1860 | p. 29 |
Proposed Thirteenth Amendment, 1860 | p. 33 |
Lincoln's Proclamation, April 15, 1861 | p. 37 |
Magoffin and Kentucky Neutrality, April 16, May 16, 1861 | p. 39 |
Proclamations on Blockade and Marque, April 19, 1861 | p. 41 |
Crittenden-Johnson Resolutions, July 22 and 23, 1861 | p. 45 |
First Confiscation Act, August 6, 1861 | p. 47 |
Seditious Conspiracy Act, July 31, 1861 | p. 49 |
Abolishment of Slavery in the District of Columbia Act, April 16, 1862 | p. 51 |
Confederate Conscription Act, April 17, and "20 Negro" Amendment, October 11, 1862 | p. 55 |
Homestead Act, May 20, 1862 | p. 63 |
Pacific Railroad Act, July 1, 1862 | p. 67 |
Morrill Land Grant Act, July 2, 1862 | p. 81 |
Non-issued Lincoln Veto to Second Confiscation Act, July 12, 1862 | p. 85 |
Supplement, Abolishment of Slavery in the District of Columbia Act, July 12, 1862 | p. 89 |
Judiciary Act, July 15, 1862 | p. 91 |
Militia Act, July 17, 1862 | p. 93 |
Second Confiscation Act, July 17, 1862 | p. 97 |
Second Confiscation Act Supplement, July 17, 1862 | p. 101 |
West Virginia Act, December 31, 1862 | p. 103 |
National Banking Act, February 25, 1863 | p. 107 |
Federal Conscription Act, March 3, 1863 | p. 129 |
Habeas Corpus Act, March 3, 1863 | p. 139 |
Freedmen's Bureau Act, March 3, 1865 | p. 145 |
Thirteenth Amendment, December 6, 1865 | p. 149 |
President Johnson's Veto, Freedmen's Bureau Act, February 19, 1866 | p. 151 |
President Johnson's Veto, Civil Rights Act, March 27, 1866 | p. 159 |
Civil Rights Act, April 9, 1866 | p. 169 |
Freedmen's Bureau Act, July 16, 1866 | p. 173 |
President Johnson's Veto, Freedmen's Bureau Act, July 16, 1866 | p. 179 |
Judicial Circuits Act, July 23, 1866 | p. 185 |
Habeas Corpus Act, February 5, 1867 | p. 187 |
Reconstruction Act [First], March 2, 1867 | p. 191 |
President Johnson's Veto, First Reconstruction Act, March 2, 1867 | p. 195 |
Tenure of Office Act, March 2, 1867 | p. 209 |
President Johnson's Veto, Tenure of Office Act, March 2, 1867 | p. 213 |
Anti-Peonage Act, March 2, 1867 | p. 221 |
Reconstruction Act [Second], March 23, 1867 | p. 223 |
President Johnson's Veto, Second Reconstruction Act, March 23, 1867 | p. 229 |
Reconstruction Act [Third], July 19, 1867 | p. 235 |
President Johnson's Veto, Third Reconstruction Act, July 19, 1867 | p. 239 |
Articles of Impeachment, President Andrew Johnson, February 24, 1868 | p. 249 |
Reconstruction Act [Fourth], March 11, 1868 | p. 261 |
Fourteenth Amendment, July 9, 1868 | p. 263 |
Fifteenth Amendment, February 3, 1870 | p. 265 |
Enforcement Act, May 30, 1870 | p. 267 |
Enforcement Act, April 20, 1871 | p. 277 |
Civil Rights Act, March 1, 1875 | p. 283 |
Congressional Electoral Commission, January 29, 1877 | p. 287 |
Posse Comitatus Act, June 18, 1878 | p. 293 |
Chronology | p. 295 |
Selected Readings | p. 301 |
Index | p. 309 |
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