Henry Cabot Lodge and Alfred Beveridge strongly denounced the treaty, especially Article Ten which called upon the US to support League actions. ... In March 1920 the US Senate finally killed the treaty. The United States did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles and we did not join the League of Nations.
The Indian Appropiation Act contained several acts enacted by the US Congress between the late 19th century and the early 20th century.
One of the most outstanding acts was the Indian Appropriations Act from 1871. According to it, Indians would not be treated anymore as an "independent nation, tribe, or power". In turn, Indians would be considered as "wards" of the federal goverment. This provision considers Indians somehow like children, as if they needed a tutor.
From this moment onwards, the US goverment did not have to mantain endless negotiations to sign treaties with the different Indian tribes. Also treaties that had been signed before the Act were not enforceable anymore.
The act made much easier for the US government to exercise control over lands which were previously dominated by the Indians.
to drive out English colonists in South America
North gets:
California admitted as a free state
Slave trade prohibited in Washington D.C
Texas loses boundary dispute with New Mexico
South gets:
No slavery restrictions in Utah or New Mexico territories
Slave holding permitted in Washington D.C
Texas gets $10 million
Fugitive Slave Law
A. Serious
The words "trembling" and "dread" carry a negative emotion, showing the poem is not carefree or uplifting.
