Each degree in latitude would be 111 kilometers apart.
Oligarchy, government by the few, especially despotic power exercised by a small and privileged group for corrupt or selfish purposes. Aristotle used the term oligarchia to designate the rule of the few when it was exercised not by the best but by bad men unjustly.
Legislative branch is the branch that defended the native Americans their is also the bureau of Indian affairs
All were civil rights cases that affected the nation.