In the 18th century‚ the U.S. military made over 100‚000 Native Americans who lived in the Southwestern United States move to what they had called Indian Territory. Many of them walked this journey‚ they did not have enough food or water and there were many illnesses going around which caused people to become sick and then die. Eventually‚ this awful journey was called the Trail of Tears. Andrew Jackson‚ who was the president at the time was the one who porpent the removal of Indians. In 1814
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Martin Luther King Jr is a Baptist minister and social activist. He led the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S in the 1950’s.Supporters have said he is amazing leader and his speeches are very motivational. Martin Luther King a Baptist minister and Civil-rights activist‚ had impact on race relations in the U.S. Martin Luther King was a great leader who had very motivational speeches and never gave up to make people equal. Martin Luther King Jr Philosophy is about nonviolence and he just wants
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The Indian Claims Commission Act of 1946 was established to hear any claims of the Indian tribes against the federal government for the unfair treatments. The federal government tried to utilize this act to deal with the long period of resentment of Indians as a reward for their contributions in the World War II. Hundreds of petitions from the Indians were submitted under this act. This act was positive to the Indians and the federal government has spend over 800 million dollars in dealing with these
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It is speculated that the Cherokee tribe migrated to the Southeast between the years 600 and 1000; centuries before the first regular contact with Europeans. In the years before the 1500’s‚ when the Europeans started settling in America‚ the Cherokee lived an exceptionally sedentary lifestyle with the women doing mostly farm work while the men hunted. However‚ as contact with the white Europeans grew more common‚ the Cherokee developed a sense of dependence on them for goods and a more “civilized”
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“What good man would prefer a country covered with forests and ranged by a few thousands savages to our extensive republic..."(http://www.azquotes.com/quote/1157726) Andrew Jackson did not like Native Americans‚ likening them to savages. Jackson disliked Native American’s so much that he made a plan to move them off valuable land. Jackson did more than just the move Native Americans using the Indian removal act‚ he also started the Nullification Crisis and Fore act. Andrew Jackson had also inspired
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The decision made by the Jackson administration to remove the Natives changed the social treatment towards the Natives from bad to worse‚ there was economic continuations of wanting to pursue a “peace policy” while taking the Natives land‚ and the political policies continued to try to “civilize”‚ assimilate‚ and/ or make peace with the Natives. The decision made by the Jackson administration to remove the Cherokee Indians to the land west of the Mississippi in the 1830’s did not affect the economic
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How Democratic Was Andrew Jackson? Andrew Jackson was a democratic man by supporting the people’s choices and wanting their voices to be equally heard‚ however that is not the case throughout his presidency. He is considered “Democratic” because he wanted everyone’s opinions to be heard and equally represented. Democracy can have different meanings‚ but ultimately they all correspond with each other. A democracy is a government ran by the people through the representatives that were elected. The
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It is very difficult to say if Andrew Jackson was a good president or an evil president‚ because he made good decisions and bad decisions. There are many positive and many negative things that Andrew Jackson did during his presidency. Andrew Jackson was the first true president of common people. Andrew Jackson supported a strong national government. He was a man of the people‚ he wanted the government to be a “simple machine which the Constitution created”. One of President Jackson’s largest actions
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The Long‚ Bitter Trail: Andrew Jackson and the Indians by Anthony F.C. Wallace is a brief account of Andrew Jackson’s mistreatment of natives and his Native American removal policy‚ known as the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This policy lead to the relocation and death of thousands of Native Americans and was later known as the “Trail of Tears”. Wallace reveals Jackson’s role (and strong arming) in government policies as well as the racist attitudes towards Native Americans by whites who desired their
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On September 15‚ 1945‚ in Augusta‚ Georgia‚ Jessye Mae Norman was born. Her parents were Silas Norman and Janie King-Norman. Silas was her father and Janie was her mother. Her mother was a schoolteacher and her father was an insurance salesman. She had five other siblings who were all musicians but not professional. Her mother‚ Janie‚ and her grandmother were both pianist. Her father‚ Silas‚ was a singer in a choir. Like all great musicians start‚ Jessye began playing the piano at age 2! For
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