legislation

Inclusive Legislations:
 * Northwest Ordinance
 * Article of Confederation
 * Judiciary Act

Repealed Amendment:
 * ** 14th Amendment (1868) ** - was adopted to guarantee life, liberty, or property despite one race
 * ** 15th Amendment (1870) ** - rights to suffrage for all race/color.
 * ** 16th Amendment (1913) ** - increase Congress power to collect any taxes from any source
 * ** 17th Amendment (1913) ** - the amendment was adopted to point the rules and regulation of a Senate: A state is allowed to elect two candidates in order to become Senates for six years. When there is vacant spot, the state issues a writ of election to fill the vacancy.
 * ** 18th Amendment (1919) **- Congress repealed it and prohibited consumption or production of alcohol.
 * ** 19th Amendment (1920) **- people are not to be disenfranchised based on sex
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 * ** 21th Amendment (1933) **- the 21th Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment. Consuming and production of alcohol is legalized.

Native American policy:
 * ** Jefferson's Offer (1801) ** - Jefferson offered the Native Americans to either convert themselves into settled farmers and assimilate or migrate to the west.
 * ** Removal Act (1835) **- negotiate treaties with southern Indians to remove them from their land and push to the west to open up lands for white settlers.
 * ** Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 ** - Lands were given to Indians depending on the situation by federal government. Each head of a family receives 160 acres, single adult or orphan receives 80 acres, dependent child receives 40 acres each. Adult owners were given United States citizenship, but doesn't have full effect as a white citizen until 25 years of ownership.
 * ** Snyder Indian Citizenship Act (1924) ** - granted born Native Americans in US for citizenship.
 * ** Burke Act of 1906 ** - to speed up the Native Americans to convert themselves to Christianity and live like a white individual by sending Indian children to boarding schools run by whites.
 * ** Indian Reorganization Act (1927) **- ended Dawes Act and protect their home
 * ** Termination Policy (1953) ** - divided lands amongst Indian tribes and forced some to relocate in the cities where jobs were available for them. Also under the law, they were forced to pay government taxes.
 * ** Indian Civil Rights (1968) **- gave Native Americans some rights under the Bill of Rights