Boom! The sounds of cannons going off. Men yelling in fear and excitement. The thought of war is a strong feeling. War can be exciting for some or horrible for others. War to me is interesting to learn about because these men took their lives to save ours. Gettysburg General Lee planned to assemble his army in the town of Gettysburg which is 35 miles southwest of Harrisburg‚ Pennsylvania. When he got there he found out that the union forces had already arrived the previous day. Confederate
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money into one bank. It left a threat that it could be controlled by foreign powers. He thought it made the rich richer and the poor poorer. The Trail of tears. The U.S government forced tens of thousands of Native Americans to move. They were the Choctaw nation to Cherokee in 1831. They did not have a choice they were forced by the U.S. It clear 25 million acre of land. The manifest destiny was a term created by John O’Sullivan. The manifest is a belief that the U.S should expand across the whole
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mission to find out more about the American republic‚ found themselves stuck in Memphis‚ Tennessee because of the frozen Ohio River en route to New Orleans. ● On Christmas‚ the Frenchmen along with a federal agent accompanying relocating Choctaw Natives persuaded the captain to turn the boat. ● Tocqueville wrote about the dispirited Natives‚ and later published the greatest masterpiece of American history written by a foreigner in Democracy in America. ● Tocqueville had come at
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* Transcendentalists- followers of a belief which stressed living a simple life and celebrating the truth found in nature and in personal emotion and imagination; believer in one’s self ability to penetrate the inner essence of things; promoted the belief of individualism; influenced social/humanitarian reforms; * Early-mid 19th century education- previously most common with wealthy; 1830s‚ demands for tax-supported public schools; Horace Mann‚ education public; slow increase in women’s educational
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Southwest (Map pg 9 p NA Indians and the first arrival of the Europeans) - ancient cultures fell by 1300 AD (drought??) f. “Three-Sister” farming in the SE Atlantic (beans‚ corn and squash) - led to some of the highest populations in NA (Creek‚ Choctaw and Cherokee) g. Iroquois (NE Woodlands) under their leader Hiawatha created the closest nation-state comparable to the Aztecs in Mexico. - Development of the Iroquois Confederacy: political and military alliance h. For the most part on the
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History of Cajun Cuisine Cajun cuisine is a fusion of food from different regions with very rich histories‚ such as France‚ Canada‚ and the southern U.S. It was originated by peasants of French ancestry. These immigrants settled in the "Acadian" region of the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia from 1604 to 1654. By 1755‚ the population of these settlers had grown to about 15‚000. They survived on cereal crops such as wheat‚ barley and oats‚ and garden vegetables including field peas‚ cabbage‚ and turnips
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semicircular mounds overlooking the Mississippi River as a commercial and governmental center whose residents established trade routes 4. Tribes continuously warred with one another for goods‚ seize captives‚ or take revenge for the killing of relatives. 5. Choctaw‚ Cherokee‚ and Chickasaw united dozens of loose alliances in the southeast 6. Great League of Peace- Mohawk‚ Oneida‚ Cayuga‚ Seneca‚ and Onondaga brought a great period of stability to the area and they grouped up each year with representatives from
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Language is one of the most important things in the world. The ability to communicate in other languages is what sets us apart from the animal world. If we do not preserve the old languages and force the world to only speak one‚ we are forcing the world to lose its own identity and culture. Without language we couldn’t read texts and stories from other countries‚ or even from further back in history. I love learning other languages and I love speaking them. To speak another person’s language‚ to
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President Andrew Jackson; A Fallicy President Andrew Jackson was one of the better embodiments of the “American Dream.” His humble beginnings made him a common man‚ while his vast intellect and determination made him successful. Throughout his presidency‚ Andrew Jackson was praised for acting on the behalf of the ordinary Americans. Yet‚ his personal motivations and interests that influenced his actions were often contradictory. Jackson’s first term was distinguished by private opinions altering
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are Native American‚ and 1.7% is Asian. According to The University of Tulsa website they have more than 900 students in undergraduate and graduate school from more than 50 countries all around the world. Also‚ the state’s name is derived from the Choctaw word sokla and humma‚ meaning “red people”‚ it is also known informally by its nickname‚ The Sooner State‚ honoring the European settlers‚ and the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889 which opened the door for white settlement in America’s Indian Territory
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