Primary source. The main point this quote serves is to show that Lewis and Clark were not racist at all, and in fact did not mind the company of other races. Information is reliable, has been known for a long time and was written by a reliable source. Fits rather well into the argument of racial acceptance being a little more popular after Lewis and Clark acknowledged that not only white people are…
The Alamo was one of the most astounding and critical battles of our country. Its men were ruthless in their bravery and love of their country. Their mission for independence lives on in the hearts of all American's today. Their legacy lives on forever and their courageous souls are still in the heart of the people of the lone star state. This is the story of bravery, love, tyranny, and liberty. This is the story of the Alamo…
Many know Texas today as the home of the thriving, proud, ever-changing culture that has amalgamated into a melting pot of numerous ethnicities, values, and belief systems. The earliest of Texas’ inhabitants, however, surely found it difficult to notice much other than the harsh climate and inhospitable terrain provided by the territory. Whether it is ancient migrants having crossed the Bering Strait, Native Americans settling throughout the pre-colonized territory, or even the European explorers colonizing and “Christianizing” Texas throughout the 15th and 16th centuries, Texas’ unforgiving landscape forced its inhabitants to use social and cultural interaction to overcome many hardships presented in their respective environments.…
Texas History: The area call Texas, before the coming of the European immigrants is thought to be inhabited by indigenous native Indians. In 1520 there were the exploration of the Spanish explores led by Alonso Alvarez de Pinedo. After the Spanish settled the land the French made many attempts to take over the land as ownership for themselves; they were not successful. In 1691 the Spanish declared Texas as a Colony, thereby appointing Texas with its first Governor Domingo Teran De Los Rios. Some years later Texas became a part of Mexico, but there were some disputes over land and Colonization in 1835, which led to the Texas Revolution. Texas, within three months defeated Mexico and…
The Lakota Indians had the sad and unfortunate luck of becoming personally acquainted with the westward thrust of American development when the Americans’ attitudes toward Indians had grown cynical and cruel. This interaction caused the Lakota culture to change a great deal during the nineteenth century. Horses and guns brought about a dramatic change in the Lakota’s culture. They “enabled them to seize and defend their rich hunting grounds, to follow the great migrating herds of buffalo that shaped their distinctive way of life, and by the middle of the nineteenth century to evolve into the proud and powerful monarchs of the northern Great Plains (R6).” They acquired their first horses and guns, along with the knowledge of how to handle them, from the Americans they came in contact and traded with. The horses allowed the Lakota much greater mobility, which allowed them to hunt more effectively as well as make warfare more prevalent among the tribes.…
• As the white settlers began populating the west, the Indians began to turn against each other and…
Daniel Rowland is associate professor of history at the University of Kentucky and has published numerous articles on art, architecture, and political culture. Dr. James Klotter is a professor of History at Georgetown College and the State Historian of Kentucky. He is the author or coauthor of many books on Kentucky and Appalachian History. Lexington was a cultural center of Kentucky and the essays in the book show its significance in antebellum America. This collection shows the influential years of Kentucky cultural development and particularly sets out to understand the development of Lexington and its cultural accomplishments.…
They live by the mississippi river and there not surrounded by mountains. The Choctaws place is 83 degrees, It's usually less than 90 degrees so it’s warm at choctaws but at summer it’s gets really cold. The choctaws live in the Mississippi and they live close to the lake so the Choctaw men could get water to drink fish to eat.…
The Blackfeet people were a nomadic group that followed buffalo herds. These people were very dependant on the hunting of the buffalo’s. They used buffalos for many things. They would use their meat for food; use their hides for tipis, clothing, and bedding; use their bones for knives, awls, scrapers, and other weapons and tools; and use their horns for bowls and spoons. They had to change their lifestyle when the white settlers came. They settlers hunted the buffalo close to extinction which made the Blackfeet have to settle in one area and become farmers.…
Cajuns are an ethnic group mainly living in the U.S. state of Louisiana, consisting in part of the descendants of Acadian exiles—French-speakers from L'Acadie in what are now the Maritimes of Eastern Canada…
The second largest mountain site in America is the Appalachian Mountains that extend from the tip of Canada to the northern half of Alabama that runs for over fifteen hundred miles. These mountains are divided up into three regions, the Blue Ridge, the Great Valley, and the Ridge-and-Valley Province. There are people that lives up in these regions and help take care of the land to allow it to keep its beauty by keeping the environment clean by respecting the land. The Appalachian culture is not well known of within people in the United States; at least for myself I never heard about them till this trip. This paper will help expose this culture to everyone based on what they stand for and how they live day by day.…
Texas is a large state with a vast population that has a variety of diversity and perspectives about the government. The perspectives of the people are important since they define the political culture of the state and affect how others in different nations perceive us. Texas is often described as having a combination of traditionalistic individualistic political culture. Some patterns that reflect Texas’s political culture are taxes kept low and social services minimized. Also, business leaders are the people that have a major say in how the government is managed. In Texas the state has a diversity of views in how the government should be managed which makes it more difficult to classify the political culture. (Champagne and Harpham, pg. 6)The…
The Wild west had a big impact on Americans. The Myth of the Wild West was a place of adventure, violence, and endless opportunity. The Myth attracted Americans in, specifically Cowboys because they had just finished the cattle Trail and were probably hungry, tired, and needed to sleep. The impact on Americans was a positive impact because many people got more jobs, and were in a position to start a new life there.…
In the late 15th century Columbus encountered African Americans which was a factor to how the race was invented. The race was set by a system of rules and a hierarchy where people were set on a scale depending on their race. The color of people's skin and their cultural beliefs are what set up the idea of race. Race in the American West was based off certain rights and if the people in the American West during this time weren’t considered fully white they were discriminated in American societies. The race is looked upon differently in many parts of the world. The American West compares to racism around other parts of the world based on the social hierarchy of racial status.…
Between the 1860's and 1890's, the west of the United States got its name "the Old West" and a reputation of being violent. Now there are many movies, books, television shows, and many other things based on the Old West having: cowboys, gunfights, rough towns, and Indian attacks. Some people may believe that the Old West really was like this, but I think the west wasn't any more violent than other areas of the United States at this time. Less people lived in the west at this time so one murder may be a more significant difference compared to the other regions with lager populations. Also, there were laws set up to try and keep everything under controlled in these towns. Finally, it may of seemed like there were more deaths, but there were wars going on because it's a new area that people are trying to get settled in.…