ORGANISATION INFORMATION:

Founded

-1963

Leader(s)

-President of the Magical Congress of the United States of America: Samuel G. Quahog (2014)

Headquarters

-Appalachian Mountains (Formerly)

-Williamsburg, Virginia (Formerly)

-Baltimore, Maryland (Formerly)

-Washington (Formerly)

-Woolworth Building, New York

Intentions

-Govern the magical community of the United States of America

Affiliation

-International Confederation of Wizards

-Ilvermony School of Witchcraft and Wizadry

FUNCTIONS:
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he MACUSA performs many of the same functions as other wizarding governing bodies in other countries such as the Ministries of Magic or Councils of Magic.

MACUSA was modelled on the Wizards' Council of Great Britain, which predated the Ministry of Magic Representatives from magical communities all over North America were elected to MACUSA to create laws that both policed and protected American wizardkind.

In MACUSA's early years its primary aim was to rid the continent of Scourers, corrupt wizards who had hunted their fellow magical beings for personal gain. MACUSA's second great law enforcement challenge was the number of wizarding criminals who had fled to America from Europe and beyond, precisely because of the lack of organised law enforcement such as existed in their own countries.

RECENT HISTORY:
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ometime at the end of the 19th century, a legislation was introduced which would require all American wizards and witches to have a permit allowing them to carry a wand. This was a measure that was intended to keep tabs on all magical activity and identify the perpetrators by their wands, thus making the concealment of magic easier. Rappaport's Law was still in operation in the 1920s and several offices in MACUSA had no counterpart in the Ministry of Magic.

Unlike the No-Maj community, which had a strict Prohibition law against alcohol for many years, MACUSA allowed the wizarding community to consume alcohol. Though many criticised this policy, pointing out that it made witches and wizards rather conspicuous around sober No-Majs. However, the then President Seraphina Picquery stated that being a wizard or witch in America was already hard enough. At one point she famously told her Chief of Staff that the "Gigglewater was non-negotiable." Newt Scamander also visited MACUSA during the 1920s.

It is known that House elves worked at MACUSA during the 1920s. One such House-elf was cleaning wands. A significant difference between the wizarding governments of the United States and the UK of this time was the penalty for serious crime. Whereas British witches and wizards were sent to Azkaban, the worst criminals in America were executed.

In the 1920s, the President of MACUSA was Seraphina Picquery from Savannah. The Department of Magical Law Enforcement was headed by Percival Graves, a well-respected descendant of one of the original twelve American Aurors.

PRESENT TIME:
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he current President of MACUSA and thus leader of American wizarding society is President Samuel B.Quahog.

Following the kidnapping of Hans the Augurey by American fans celebrating the American team's success in the quarter-finals of the 2014 Quidditch World Cup against Liechtenstein, several terse letters were exchanged between President Quahog and Otto Obermeier, Minister for Magic of Liechtenstein. Luckily, Hans was returned the following day, 9 June, 2014, and the relationship between the two countries seemed not to have been too damaged.

"Unlike most Western countries, there was no cooperation between the No-Maj government and MACUSA."—MACUSA's strict rule regarding Muggle relations

sources: harry potter wikia

Written By: FantasticBeasts968

A/N: There is a lot more on MACUSA's early history at Harry Potter wikia if you guys want to take a look at that.