US Acts
Published on Nov 25, 2015
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HOMESTEAD ACT
- It was one of the first acts
- It was signed in law by Abraham Lincoln
- It was for anyone had taken up arm against the government
MORRILL LAND GRANT
- Was also known as the Land College Act
- Was the second act
- It played a major role in higher education
PACIFIC RAILROAD ACT
- It was a series of acts Congress passed
- It promoted the construction of the transcontinental railroad
- Authorized the issuance of the government bonds
- And the grands of land to railroad companies
NATIONAL BANKING SYSTEM
- They are two national bankings acts
- One of 1863 and second of 1864
- They established a system of national banks for banks
- It created the U.S. National Banking System
