Congress has formally declared war times in u. S. History.

Explanation:

The congress has formally declared war 11 times. It first declare war against Great Britain in 1812.  The last formal declaration of war was during the second world war.  The war powers clause ( Article 1, Section 8, clause 11) of the US constitution grants Congress the power to declare war.

Congress is made up of Senate and House of representatives, it can declare war, makes laws,  controls taxing, spending policies and interstate, foreign commerce. It can allow the citizens to capture enemy vessels, it can raise army and maintain a Navy.

this act gave the federal government the power to relocate any native in the east to territory west of the mississippi river.

roosevelt essentially took the opposite approach as hoover in taking on the great depression. herbert hoover thought that america and its economy could naturally recover from the depression in due course, so he adamantly restrained the federal government from intervening on behalf of the people affected. on the other hand, roosevelt dramatically increased employment by expanding the federal government and establishing agencies that would aid in relieving some of the country's worst problems.