Acts of Congress
Congressional Act Appointing Commissioner of Indian Affairs (1832)
Commentary
By the 1820s, with the push to eliminate independent Indian tribes east of the Mississippi River, the fou...
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Acts of Congress
Selective Service Act (1917)
Commentary
When the United States entered World War I, the nation's armed forces consisted of about 200,000 volunteers. To address the manpower sho...
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Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act of 1830 has been said to have been motivated by humanitarian impulses. Robert V. Remini argues that Jackson's actions where driven by the desire to save the culture...
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Acts of Congress
Andrew Jackson, Indian Removal Act
