There are four basic stages at which freedom of the press has been or can
be limited: (1) access to information; (2) prior restraint on publishing
information (censorship, injunctions); (3) liability for publishing (libel and
invasion of privacy suits, fines and imprisonment); and (4) requiring
reporters to testify or otherwise disclose sources or materials gathered in
the course of their employment. While this fourth category technically does
not abridge freedom of the press-it does not bar access or prevent or punish
publications-the “chilling effect” it has upon the ability of reporters to
<span>function and to gain their sources’ confidence certainly merits its inclusion.</span>
<span>WADE-DAVIS BILL 1. required citizens to take oath before readmission as a state
* Proposed by </span>Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio and Representative Henry Winter Davis<span> of Maryland.
</span><span>* Originally submitted in 1864 but was pockety vetoed by President Lincoln.
* Bill was reconstructed and resubmitted after Lincoln's assassination and was passed.
FORD'S THEATER 2. site of Lincoln's assassination
* Assassination happened on April 14, 1865 - Good Friday
* Our American Cousin was the play that the President went to watch.
JOHN WILKES BOOTH 3. assassinated President Lincoln
* He was a theater actor.
* He attempted to kidnap President Lincoln in March 1865 but failed.
* He was killed on April 26, 1865. 12 days after he assassinated the President.
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS 4. suspended by Lincoln
FREEDMEN'S BUREAU 5. helped blacks adjust to freedom
* Official name: Bureau of </span><span>Refugees, </span>Freedmen<span> and Abandoned Lands
</span>* E<span>stablished in 1865 by Congress.
* Purpose: to help former black slaves and poor whites in the South that was greatly affected by the U.S. Civil War
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OLIVER O. HOWARD 6. chief of Freedman's Bureau
ENFRANCHISEMENT 7. right of some to vote
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