of the United States and covered about 827‚000 square miles west of the Mississippi River. After the Louisiana Purchase‚ many Americans began migrating west in hopes of obtaining land and securing wealth. Approximately 7 million Americans migrated by 1840‚ However the Native Americans were already established there. They were doing well for themselves providing everything they needed to survive for their families and tribes. After the migration of the Americans‚ it caused the Native Americans to be
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the Europeans and Native Americans. The Europeans and Native Americans exchanged many goods and ideas when they meet each other in the New World. They shared with each other their own traditions‚ cultures‚ foods‚ languages‚ weapons‚goods; resulting in some positive outcomes and negative as well. When the first Europeans made contact with the native Indians they inadvertently exposed and infected them with their diseases like smallpox‚ yellow fever‚ and malaria. One native population called the
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Study Questions for Mann‚ 1491 1. Until quite recently‚ most American history textbooks taught that before Europeans invaded the Americas Indians were savages who lived in isolated groups and had so little impact on their environment that it remained a pristine wilderness. We now know from scientific discoveries that this account was wrong. What is the effect of learning that most of what we have assumed about the past is "wrong in almost every aspect‚" as Mann puts it on page 4? - What
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What problems did Hispanics‚ Native Americans and Women face in 1945 and how far had these been overcome by 1968? Blacks weren’t the only people to face extreme discrimination‚ they also weren’t the only people who were being treated unfairly. Hispanics‚ Native Americans and Women all face some type of discrimination in the year of 1945. In this essay I will explain what types of problems they went through‚ how they dealt with them and if any‚ what solutions they came to. Women were amongst
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The relationship between the puritan settlers and the native Americans changed overtime between 1620 and 1676. In 1620‚ when the first Puritan settlers arrived on the mayflower‚ the two groups were apprehensive to meet each other. When they first truly met‚ they made agreements with each other. One group of natives‚ the Wampanoags‚ had a strong bond with the settlers. The group effectively saved the pilgrims from starvation and other hostile tribes. The Pilgrims and the Wampanoags had a strong bond
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with your thought on how white settlers were feeling toward Natives‚ versus slaves‚ which made the difference in the success of Antislavery movement and Native Americans’ resistance to removal. Most Whites at that time hold the thought that Natives were not as civilized (or even civilized at all) as them. However‚ they still somewhat feared the Natives‚ because they had the legitimate reasons and the power to fight for the land. Natives were the original residents‚ people in the tribe lived together
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The Indians and the United States government had a very conflicting relationship. White encroachment and western expansion caused many Indians to lose their native land. Many tribes such as the Nez Perce and the Cheyennes were forced to give up tribal lands to the government and in the process concentrated on Indian reservations. On these reservations Indians experienced white intervention with treaties being broken by the federal government. These interactions included stripping Indians of their
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In the 1830’s the trails of tears was an act of removal of Native Americans out of their home lands. White Americans who also occupied the same land as Indians resented Native Americans. Most whites saw them as aliens and uncivilized people. Therefore‚ President Washington tried to solve the “Indian problem’ by making them as much as the whites. They encourage them to convert to Christianity and learn to speak and read English. Five different tribes embraced their customs and became known as the
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her time‚ white people were really racist and treated African American with disrespect. If she didn’t stand up for herself‚ we wouldn’t have a law of treating others with equality. She made a change and we should make a change as well. Therefore‚ tolerance‚ human qualities‚ and respect are the reason why people should accept others who are different from themselves.
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During the time period of American westward expansion‚ settlers and Native americans had contrasting experiences. While Natives were continually and forcefully pushed off their. Settlers were searching for opportunity in the west‚ a land of new beginnings. Native land and culture was all but stifled out by western expansion. The First Way Native Americans were impacted by western expansion was in there land. For example From 1850 to 1870 natives lost most their land. This was to prevent conflict
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