These Indians were not legally removed, however, because Andrew Jackson had defied the Supreme Court ruling of Worcester v Georgia, which opposed the forced relocation of the Native American nations. ... When the Second Bank of the United States' charter was about to expire, Nicholas Biddle, Henry Clay and Daniel Webster tried to get an early extension. ... These arguments allowed Jackson to win the 1832 election against Henry Clay by a landslide. ... This 'War' also destroyed the American System that Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams had worked to create. ...

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A proposal that enjoyed considerable support among Radicals was the Wade-Davis bill, which was created by Senator Wade and Representative Henry Winter Davis of Maryland. ... The name of the lawsuit was Oliver Brown v. ... It overthrew the 1896 Plessy v. ...

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Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) - American writer, philosopher, and naturalist who believed in the importance of individualism. ... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) - American poet, one of the most popular and celebrated poets of his time. ...

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The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. Among the 34 states in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America. The Confederacy, often simply called the South, grew to include eleven states, and although they claimed thirteen states and additional western territories, the Confederacy was never diplomatically recogni...

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The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. Among the 34 states in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America. The Confederacy, often simply called the South, grew to include eleven states, and although they claimed thirteen states and additional western territories, the Confederacy was never diplomatically recogni...

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• Grade Level: High School