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    and enslaved. In the North Charles Finney led the revivalism and promoted the doctrine of perfectibility and iterated against popular belief that evil could be avoided. 2. Election of 1824 – John Quincy Adams‚ William Crawford‚ Henry Clay and Andrew Jackson. The House chose the president because no one led in the electoral college‚ and John Quincy Adams was elected. 3. Election of 1840 – Democrats re-nominated Van Buren. Harrison won but died within a month of his inauguration and Tyler the vice

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    law was widely debated due to the question of whether states had the constitutional right to extend their laws over Indians‚ because it would conflict with treaties that guaranteed Indian sovereignty (Davis 55). Nevertheless‚ after much debate‚ Andrew Jackson was able to get congress to pass the Indian Removal Act on May 28‚ 1930. The Cherokee nation tried to fight against this continued attack against them by bringing their case to the supreme court. They did this by having a missionary named Samuel

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    “home” would be long‚ dangerous‚ and deadly. And where there is death there are tears. Towards the end of the 1830’s roughly 125‚000 native Americans lived on land in Georgia‚ Tennessee‚ Alabama‚ North Carolina and Florida. As an Army General Andrew Jackson had spent years leading

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    *** Prompts have 2 parts: a major part and a minor part (address both for a complete  assessment of the DBQ)  Major: Main reason for not making moral progress is Strict Construction of Constitution  Minor: Political Parties (partisanship)  Southern Democrats (Calhoun‚ Jefferson‚ Jackson‚ Douglas) against prohibition‚  Abolitionism/Feminism‚ Socialism (Democrats generally either against moral reforms‚ or  neutral. Neutral is ok on a state level)    Whigs: ­Generally for reform  ­New England Puritan based party  ­Win by nominating immoral people 

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    often wants‚ to rely on himself for his survival. Jackson is all of these things. The description of a frontier fighter seems honorable and upright; however‚ in the case of Jackson‚ he was not always noble. Some of his decisions and actions are not to be idolized‚ despite demonstrating his frontier fighting character. Nevertheless‚ Andrew Jackson was a frontier fighter. That is

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    representatives to take the Cherokees land. The purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803 gave Thomas Jefferson the chance to relocate the eastern tribes beyond the Mississippi River. The War of 1812‚ with help from General Andrew Jackson help the United States to end what he called the “absurdity” of negotiating with the Indians tribes. From that point forward the Georgia politicians increasingly raised the pressure on the federal government to fulfill the Compact of 1802. In

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    Contents Chapter One ....................................................................................................................................... 1 Chapter Two........................................................................................................................................ 7 Chapter Three ................................................................................................................................... 16 Chapter Four ............................

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    Lexington‚ Virginia and stayed there until 1815. In 1816‚ he was ordered to see army physicians in New York because his condition wasn’t improving even after surgery. The courage of Houston at Horseshoe Bend did not go unnoticed by Andrew Jackson. In 1817‚ General Jackson promoted Houston to the rank of first lieutenant and the two became good friends. It was 1818 when Sam left the army and went Nashville to pursue the study of law with a family friend‚ Judge James Trimble. It

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    Singer‚ songwriter. Jackson was born August 29‚ 1958‚ in Gary‚ Indiana‚ to an African-American working-class family. His father‚ Joseph Jackson‚ had been a guitarist but had put aside his musical aspirations to provide for his family as a crane operator. Believing his sons had talent‚ he molded them into a musical group in the early 1960s. At first‚ the Jackson Family performers consisted of Michael’s older brothers Tito‚ Jermaine‚ and Jackie. Michael joined his siblings when he was five‚ and emerged

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    colonization zone‚” which is located in present-day Oklahoma. Being a big advocate and supporter of what he called “Indian Removal‚” Andrew Jackson signed off on Act. The act explicitly said that the removal treaty negotiations had to be fair‚ peaceful‚ and that the president could not try to persuade Native nations into giving up their land. Despite this‚ President Jackson and his government forced Native Americans to vacate their lands for their own benefit. Furthermore‚ in 1831

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