HIST 1305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ambrose Burnside, Body Politic, Bridge Circuit
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Income tax of 3% for income of + a year , & a 5% income tax on incomes of &10,000+ a year. Allowed settlers who could go occident free commonwealth . File an diligence improve the land within 5 years (build a sign ) file a patent of invention for the title *couldn"t apply if you had/held arms against the union* 1876: only white males could be admitted, & they had to participate in military training 1963: core became military volunteer & tamu of cially admitted fair sex & african americans 1st higher education university in texas. Limited imagination , and poor use of the resources they had. Reasons for civil war being so deadly & destructive. Military strategy, overcon dence, medical exam pro ciency , armies of amateurs, poor people leadership, new weaponry, pows, and reasons behind the ghting. Any confederate not surrendering within sixty days will have his slaves freed through criminal transactions.
