Turnbuckles are also used extensively in watercraft and aircraft to regulate the lengths and tensions of riggings and rope and cable lines. In all applications, turnbuckles should be selected to be at least as strong as the cable or rope to which they're secured.
The Wade-Davis Bill of 1864 was created by the Radical Republicans, who believed that absolute punishment had to be levied against the South as a condition of re-admittance during Reconstruction. The bill called for a complete abolition of slavery to prevent it from surviving in any way after the war.
The House of Representatives were the first to vote on the Wade-Davis Bill. On May 4, 1864, the House passed the legislation by a razor-thin vote of 73 to 59. The bill moved onto the Senate, and it was narrowly passed there on July 2, 1864, by a vote of 18 to 14.