The 37th Congress and the New America
The lack of opposition proved productive as members passed the Homestead Act, the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act, the Pacific Railway Act, and the Revenue Acts.
The 37th Congress also created the Department of Agriculture and ended slavery in DC.
Coming up, Time Magazine Editor-at-Large David Von Drehle talks about 1862 and the 37th U.S. Congress.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln hosted this fifty minute event.
In 1862 as the Civil War was being fought, the 37th U.S. Congress met under an unfinished Capitol Dome with its Confederate members absent. … read more
In 1862 as the Civil War was being fought, the 37th U.S. Congress met under an unfinished Capitol Dome with its Confederate members absent.
The lack of opposition proved productive as members passed the Homestead Act, the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act, the Pacific Railway Act, and the Revenue Acts.
The 37th Congress also created the Department of Agriculture and ended slavery in DC.
Coming up, Time Magazine Editor-at-Large David Von Drehle talks about 1862 and the 37th U.S. Congress.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln hosted this fifty minute event. close
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