Indian Removal Act
Signed by Andrew Jackson
The U.S. government negotiated treaties that forced Native American tribes in the Southeast to move west of the Mississippi River.
Dawes Act
Purpose: To assimilate Native Americans into U.S. society by turning communal tribal land into private property.
What it did:
Surveyed tribal lands and divided them into individual allotments (usually 160 acres per family).
“Excess” land not given to Native Americans was sold to white settlers or corporations.
Indian Reorganization Act
Current Laws on Indian Land. Indian Reservation.
Positive analysis
What is. Data
Normative Analysis
What ought to be. How things should be.
Coverture
The woman had no separate legal identity from her husband
Suffrage
Legal right to vote
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
First major law in the US on nationality
Banned immigration of Chinese laborers
Japanese Internment (1942-45)
Relocation of 120,000 Japanese Americans
Mill’s Trident
Society will benefit from free expression
Harm Principle
You have free speech and actions as long as they’re not harming people.
Tyranny of the Majority
When the majority rule crushes minority rights or freedoms.
