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    Young. AntiEssays. 13 March‚ 2012. Http://www.antiessays.com/free- essays/116785.html. Electronic Gardner‚ Carl. Andrew Young: A Biography New York: Drake‚ 1978. Print Oral History Interview by Dr. Mel Steely‚ May 1997 (Georgia´s Political Heritage Project‚ University Of West Georgia) Electronic Young‚ Andrew. An Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement And The Transformation Of America New York: Harper Collins‚ 1978. Print Young‚ Andrew Jackson Jr. Biographical Directory Of The U.S. Congress 1744

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    The Cherokee Removal

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    A long time before this land was called the United States‚ the Cherokee people used to live in this land in the valleys of rivers that drained the southern Appalachians. These people made their homes‚ farmed their land‚ and buried their dead. Also these people‚ who are now called Indians claimed larger lands. They would use these for hunting deer and gathering material‚ to live off of. Later these lands were called Virginia and Kentucky. As it is mentioned in the text‚ these people had their own

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    Cherokee‚ the Chickasaw‚ the Choctaw‚ the Creek‚ and the Seminole (“Cherokee Nation vs. State of Georgia)”. The Cherokee are the tribe we have the most facts on. There were a few Cherokee who signed a contract saying that they would leave peacefully and of their own will (“Cherokee

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    Teacher Name Class and Section Date Ethics of Sherman ’s March General William Techumseh Sherman ’s March through Georgia and South Carolina was the turning point in the American Civil War. After heavy fighting in Tennessee and Kentucky General Sherman requested permission to take a large force of men on a campaign to the Atlantic Ocean through North and South Carolina‚ Georgia‚ then turning North back through the Carolinas and Virginia. The goal of the campaign was to divide the Confederate

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    for the broken countries to make stable governments and restore order and happiness. 2. Andrew Jackson‚ being a frontiersman‚ believed that white settlers had the right to seize Indian lands. After being pushed out of their lands all the way to Georgia‚ a deal was made to the Cherokees and Chickasaws‚ the deal stated that if the Indians would take up white men’s ways they wouldn’t be forced away from their land again. While some Indians agreed‚ others went to the supreme court asking for

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    capital of the neighboring country of Georgia. Her name was Ruth-Anne Lali Jordania‚ or Ruthie for short‚ she had just moved to Russia recently‚ her parents were both from different countries. She was a small auburn red headed girl‚ with nicely colored bright blue eyes. Her mother‚ Helen‚ was from Athens‚ Greece and her father‚ Sadik‚ was from Ankara‚ Turkey‚ they both met in Georgia‚ where Ruthie was later born after they had gotten married. They lived in Georgia for a while‚ that was until their daughter

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    Was Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Policy Motivated by Humanitarian Impulses? Authors: Anthony F. C. Wallace‚ Robert V. Remini‚ A Summary By: History 2111 Summer 2011 A summary comparison of views regarding the Indian Removal Act of 1830‚ Was it an act of humanitarianism intended to help and save the Native American culture from the white settlers‚ as Robert V. Remini has argued? Or was his intent to destroy the tribal culture and to get rid of the Native Americans‚ as Anthony F.C Wallace

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    requiring all Indian tribes including the Cherokees to move to reservations west of the Mississippi River. This act‚ without any doubt‚ was the most horrific Jackson has ever carried out. According to Chapter 13 of The American Pageant‚ in 1828 the Georgia legislature declared the Cherokee tribal council illegal and asserted its own jurisdiction over Indian affairs and Indian lands. The Cherokees retaliated to this by appealing this move to the Supreme Court‚ which thrice endorsed the rights of the

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    between themselves and whites. Through this belief Jackson declared that Indians need not be in contact with white settlers. Throughout Jackson’s life he had fought Indians‚ beginning with his campaign against the Northern Creek Indians of Alabama and Georgia. He led the Tennessee militia to fight Seminoles in Florida in a war known as the "First Seminole War" just seven years before his election into the presidency . Jackson’s land policies‚ which he

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    due to their support of SAPA. • Azerbaijan currently supported by many U.S. programs (Peace Keeping Operations‚ Coalition Solidarity Funds‚ Counter-Terrorist Fellowship Program and Humanitarian Assistance.) • Russia‚ allowing U.S./NATO support in Georgia as long as Abkhazia/South Ossetia status quo maintained due to Tatarstan aspirations of independence. • Russia objectives include modernizing military‚ maintain control of Chechnya‚ and high tech sectors. Russia has blocked all

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