HOMESTEAD ACT

• On January 1, 1863, Daniel Freeman, a Union Army scout, was scheduled to leave Gage County, Nebraska Territory, to report for duty in St. Louis.

MORRILL LAND GRANT

• For 20 years prior to the first introduction of the bill in 1857, there was a political movement calling for the creation of agriculture colleges.

PACIFIC RAILWAY ACT,

NATIONAL BANKING SYSTEM.

• The National Banking Acts of 1863 and 1864 were two United States federal banking acts that established a system of national banks for banks, and created the United States National Banking System. They encouraged development of a national currency backed by bank holdings of U.S.