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- This act was basically a mail-carry system.

- The pony express act reduced the time for messages to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to about 10 days.

- It changed America by introducing the delivering of mail at rapid speeds.

- Although the act itself isn’t still relevant, the lasting effects of a quick mail delivery service were adapted in more modern times (UPS & FedEx delivery companies).

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- The Legal Tender Act allowed for the creation of paper money instead of gold and silver.

- This Act allowed for states to pay debts, taxes, and other expenses.

- This Act has gone all the way to 2022, and it’s effective because that’s how us U.S. citizens pay.

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- The main purpose of the Homestead Act was to expand and develop America in the west. This act offered migrators free public land if they built a home and lived there for 5 years.

- This act was very effective as 270 million acres were claimed and settled under this act.

- No it is not still present to us today. The Homestead Act was officially repealed by 1976.

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- It stimulated the building of a transcontinental railroad.

- The act authorized the Union Pacific Railroad & the Central Pacific Railroad to construct a railroad and a telegraph line from Nebraska to California.

- The act also provided land from the public domain and government bonds to help pay for the construction.

- The act ended 7 years later; on May 10th, 1969. Although some of the original tracks are still used, the majority of the Transcontinental railroad has been out of operation since 1904.

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- The purpose of this Act was to set aside federal lands to create colleges for agricultural and mechanical arts.

- It had a positive impact on the nation because it helped create schools for kids to go and learn about agriculture and mechanics.

- The Act had a lasting impact and is relevant to this day because it provided colleges that are still present and working.

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The main purpose of this act was to reestablished  the central banking system that was previously destroyed and to raise money for the union for the war.

It was effective elimination of many different state currencies in use which helped stabilize the country's money supply.

This act still effects us today as it has shaped todays national banking system.

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- Was passed to raise additional federal revenue to fund the war against the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.

- Increased the income tax rates established by the Revenue Act of 1862.

- The measure was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.

- This act was allowed to expire as the populace mainly viewed it as an emergency measure for war-time situations. The Act ultimately expired in 1873 in the face of increased deficit spending.

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- The purpose of Freedmen’s Bureau was to provide, food shelter, water, clothing, and medical services to freed African Americans.

- It was effective in reconstructing the nation because it provided for the needs of the African Americans that had no where to stay and nothing to eat.

- The Act is not relevant to us today because there are no African American slaves in the U.S.

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The main purpose of this act was to abolish slavery within the United.

Yes it was effective as it allowed slave to later vote.

The act had a very lasting impact as their has been a ban on slavery for a very long time now.

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- The act created five military districts in the seceded states.

- The main purpose for this act was to restore the union and compromise with the Southern states that seceded before and during the war.

- The act was a success. The power of the 14th and 15th Amendments helped African Americans to attain full civil rights in the 20th century.

- The Compromise of 1876 ended the Reconstruction era.

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- The 14th amendment granted citizenship, as well as equal legal and civil rights to African Americans and enslaved people who were freed after the war.

- It helped reconstruct the nation because he gave all African American people civil rights and were now equal to the white people.

- This amendment is still active and relevant in todays world because it gives African American people rights and the amendment is in the Bill of Rights.

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- This amendment granted African American men the right to vote.

- The main need behind the 15th Amendment was the Republican desire to entrench its power in both the North and the South. Black votes would help accomplish that end.

- The 15th amendment is clearly still relevant to this day, as black men & women have freedom.