NUMBER

PAGE

.

306

.

.

.

316

1829 :

71. Act for a National Bank. April 10, 1816

302

72. Treaty with Spain for the Floridas. Feb. 22, 1819

Missouri Compromise. 1820–21

311

73. Tallmadge's Amendment. Feb. 13, 1819

313

74. Taylor's Amendment. Jan. 26, 1820

313

75. Thomas's Amendment. Feb. 17, 1820 .

314

76. Report of the Conference Committee. March 1, 1820 .

314

77. Missouri Enabling Act. March 6, 1820

315

78. Constitution of Missouri. July 19, 1820

79. Resolution for the Admission of Missouri. March 2, 1821

317

80. Monroe's Message enunciating the Monroe Doctrine. Dec. 2, 1823 318

81. The Bank Controversy: Jackson's First Annual Message. Dec. 8,

320

82. The Bank Controversy: Jackson's Second Annual Message.

Dec. 7, 1830

322

83. The Bank Controversy: Jackson's Third Annual Message. Dec. 6,

1831.

323

84. Jackson's Bank Veto. July 10, 1832

324

85. South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification. Nov. 24, 1832

329

86. Jackson's Proclamation to the People of South Carolina. Dec. 10,-

1832 .

333

87. Act for Enforcing the Tariff. March 2, 1833

341

Removal of the Deposits. September, 1833 .

344

88. Jackson's Paper read to the Cabinet. Sept. 18, 1833

344

89. Taney's Instructions to the Collector at Philadelphia. Sept. 26, 1833 349

90. Taney to the Girard Bank. Sept. 26, 1833

350

91. Taney to the Bank of the United States. Sept. 26, 1833

351

92. Contract between the Girard Bank and the United States. Sept. 28,

1833.

352

93. Constitution of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Dec. 4, 1833 353

94. Act to Regulate the Deposits. June 23, 1836

355

95. Specie Circular. July 11, 1836

359

96. Treaty with Great Britain. Aug. 9, 1842

361

97. Joint Resolution for the Annexation of Texas. March 1, 1845

98. Act for the Prosecution of the Mexican War. May 13, 1846 371

99. Treaty with Great Britain. June 15, 1846

372

100. Independent Treasury Act. Aug. 6, 1846

374

101. Treaty with Mexico. Feb. 2, 1848

377

Compromise of 1850

383

102. Clay's Resolutions. Jan. 29, 1850

384

103. Extract from the Report of the Committee of Thirteen. May 8, 1850 386

104. Extract from the Utah Act. Sept. 9, 1850

387

NUMBER

PAGE

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

436

.

105. Extract from the Texas and New Mexico Act. Sept. 9, 1850

388

106. Fugitive Slave Act. Sept. 18, 1850

390

107. Act abolishing the Slave Trade in the District of Columbia.

Sept. 20, 1850

394

108. Treaty with Mexico. Dec. 30, 1853

394

Kansas-Nebraska Act. 1854

397

109. Douglas's Report. Jan. 4, 1854

399

110. Dixon's Proposed Amendment. Jan. 16, 1854

402

III. Sumner's Proposed Amendment. Jan. 17, 1854

403

112. Extract from the Act to Organize the Territories of Nebraska

and Kansas. May 30, 1854

403

113. Dred Scott Decision. March 6, 1857

405

114. Lecompton Constitution. Nov. 7, 1857

420

115. South Carolina Ordinance of Secession. Dec. 20, 1860

423

116. Constitution of the Confederate States of America. March 11,

1861.

424

117. Call for 75,000 Volunteers. April 15, 1861

433

118. Proclamation declaring a Blockade of Southern Ports. April 19,

1861.

434

119. Act for a National Loan. July 17, 1861

120. Act authorizing the Employment of Volunteers. July 22, 1861

438

121. Resolution on the Nature and Object of the War. July 22, 1861 439

122. Act for calling out the Militia. July 29, 1861

440

123. Act to define and punish certain Conspiracies. July 31, 1861

441

124. Confiscation Act. Aug. 6, 1861

442

125. Act authorizing the Seizure of Railroad and Telegraph Lines.

Jan. 31, 1862

444

126. Act authorizing the Issue of Legal Tender Notes. Feb. 25, 1862

446

127. Act for an Additional Article of War. March 13, 1862

448

128. Joint Resolution on Compensated Emancipation. April 10, 1862. 449

129. Act abolishing Slavery in the District of Columbia. April 16, 1862 450

130. Abolition of Slavery in the Territories. June 19, 1862 .

452

131. Oath of Office. July 2, 1862.

452

132. Confiscation Act. July 17, 1862

454

133. Emancipation Proclamation. Jan. 1, 1863

457

134. Enrolment Act. March 3, 1863

459

135. Act relating to Habeas Corpus. March 3, 1863

463

136. Resolution against Foreign Mediation. March 3, 1863

467

137. Proclamation of Amnesty. Dec. 8, 1863

470

138. National Bank Act. June 3, 1864

473

139. Proclamation regarding Reconstruction. July 8, 1864 .

482

140. Electoral Count. Feb. 8, 1865

NUMBER

PAGE

488

490

.

.

.

141. Freedmen's Bureau. March 3, 1865

142. Freedom for Soldiers' Families. March 3, 1865

143. Proclamation appointing a Governor for North Carolina. May 29,

1865

144. Thirteenth Amendment. Dec. 18, 1865

145. First Civil Rights Act. April 9, 1866

146. Restoration of Tennessee. July 24, 1866

147. Franchise in the District of Columbia. Jan. 8, 1867

148. Elective Franchise in the Territories. Jan. 31, 1867

149. First Reconstruction Act. March 2, 1867

150. Tenure of Office Act. March 2, 1867

151. Command of the Army. March 2, 1867

152. Second Reconstruction Act. March 23, 1867

153. Treaty with Russia for the Cession of Alaska. March 30, 1867

154. Third Reconstruction Act. July 19, 1867

155. Articles of Impeachment. March 2/3, 1868

156. Fourth Reconstruction Act. March 11, 1868

157. Act admitting Arkansas to Representation in Congress. June 22,

491

494

494

498

499

500

500

504

507

508

511

514

.

.

.

.

518

529

158. Act admitting North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia,

Alabama, and Florida to Representation in Congress. June 25,

1868 .

159. Oath of Office. July 11, 1868

160. Joint Resolution excluding Electoral Votes of the Late Rebellious

States. July 20, 1868

161. Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. July 28, 1868 .

162. Provisional Governments of Virginia, Texas, and Mississippi.

Feb. 18, 1869

163. Act to strengthen the Public Credit. March 18, 1869

164. Submission of the Constitutions of Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas.

April 10, 1869.

165. Reconstruction of Georgia. Dec. 22, 1869

166. Admission of Virginia to Representation in Congress. Jan. 26,

1870.

167. Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution. March 30, 1870 .

168. Act to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment. May 31, 1870

169. Act for refunding the National Debt. July 14, 1870

170. Act for the Restoration of Georgia. July 15, 1870

171. Supplementary Act to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment. Feb. 28,

1871.

172. Act to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment. April 20, 1871.

173. Act removing Political Disabilities. May 22, 1872

NUMBER

PAGE

591

174. Coinage Act. Feb. 12, 1873

565

175. Resumption of Specie Payments. Jan. 14, 1875

566

176. Second Civil Rights Act, March 1, 1875

568

177. Electoral Count Act. Jan. 29, 1877

570

178. Coinage of the Standard Silver Dollar. Feb. 28, 1878.

573

179. Civil Service Act. Jan. 16, 1883 .

575

180. Interstate Commerce Act. Feb. 4, 1887

581

181. Anti-Trust Act. July 2, 1890

182. Silver Purchase Act. July 14, 1890

593

183. Repeal of the Silver Purchase Act of 1890. Nov. I, 1893 · 595

184. Recognition of the Independence of Cuba. April 20, 1898 597

598

186. Annexation of the Hawaiian Islands. july 7, 1898

600

187. Treaty of Paris. Dec. 10, 1898

602

188. Gold Standard Act. March 14, 1900

609

189. Treaty with Great Britain regarding an Isthmian Canal. Novem-

ber 18, 1901

614

190. Chinese Exclusion Act. April 29, 1902

616

191. Act for the Construction of an Isthmian Canal. June 28, 1902 618

192. Panama Canal Treaty. November 18, 1903 ·

623

193. Naturalization Act. June 29, 1906

630

194. Prohibition of Campaign Contributions by Corporations. January

26, 1907

635

195. Immigration Act. February 20, 1907

636

196. Act relating to Expatriation. March 2, 1907

644

197. Sixteenth Amendment. February 25, 1913

647

198. Seventeenth Amendment. May 31, 1913

.

.

647

.

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