b. Early federal land measures ([219]-[221]).

c. The Homestead act ([368], [432]-[445]).

d. Irrigation and reclamation ([434]-[436], [523]-[525]).

e. Conservation of natural resources ([523]-[526]).

6. Legislation advancing human rights and general welfare (see [Suffrage]).

a. Abolition of slavery: civil and political rights of negroes ([357]-[358], [373]-[375]).

b. Extension of civil and political rights to women ([554]-[568]).

c. Legislation relative to labor conditions ([549]-[551], [579]-[581], [590]-[591]).

d. Control of public utilities ([547]-[549]).

e. Social reform and the war on poverty ([549]-[551]).