Indian Removal Vocab Crossword

: the act of giving up something by the agreement in a formal treaty
a system of distributing land by which each white male as the “head” of a family had the “right” to receive up to 1,000 acres.
an official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals
public lands in the interior of the state were dispersed to small yeoman farmers based on a system of eligibility and chance.
Undeveloped Lands. When donations by states with western land claims created the public domain of the United States, speculative interests converged upon Congress with requests to purchase tracts of land north of the Ohio River.
: persuading (someone) to act in one's favor, typically illegally or dishonestly, by a gift of money or other inducement
the sale of western land to four land companies after the governor and members of the General Assembly had been bribed.
The purchase by the United States from France of the huge Louisiana Territory in 1803. President Thomas Jefferson ordered the purchase negotiations, fearing that the French, then led by Napoleon, wanted to establish an empire in North America.
: In economics, a depression is a sustained, long-term downturn in economic activity in one or more economies
A war between Britain and the United States, fought between1812 and 1815
an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with particular countries.
make (someone) feel admiration and respect
The War Hawks were members of Congress who put pressure on President James Madison to declare war against Britain in 1812.
dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery