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    settlers‚ Native Americans have suffered tremendously. The establishment of the early English colonies and the future creation of the American nation impacted the lives and destiny of the Native American people extremely. One example of this is the Trail of Tears‚ an event which brought lots of people sadness and grief. Another example is the loss of their land‚ something which exceptionally changed the lives and destiny of the Native Americans. The last example is diseases‚ something that the Native

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    Nike Business Analysis

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    IV. Marketing strategy As a leading athletic brand in the world‚ much of Nike’s success can be attributed to its shrewd marketing strategy. As reported in its 2009-2010 Annual report‚ because NIKE is a consumer products company‚ “the relative popularity of various sports and fitness activities and changing design trends affect the demand for our products”. Therefore‚ Nike must “respond to trends and shifts in consumer preferences by adjusting the mix of existing product offerings‚ developing new

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    Trail of Tears DBQ The Cherokee Native Americans had to move to the west of the Mississippi River from where ever they were. They had to move from their original homes because they were “in the way” of the growing states. Document H2 is a graphic of where the Native Americans started and trail they took to Oklahoma. All of the Native American tribes were originally in one of the growing states. It was a problem for them to be in the states because they were not under the United States leadership

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    that they had to solve it by having a war. In this shows that‚ after the war ended many Native Americans certainly did not survive‚ the population was already reducing but after the war‚ many lives have lost‚ even more. Therefore‚ it was not just the Trail of Tears that killed thousands of Cherokees there were other tough challenges the Cherokees had to face

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    Don’t Drink the Water: The Persecution of Native Americans in the 1800s When first hearing Dave Matthews Band’s “Don’t Drink the Water‚” you might believe the song is about the apartheid having knowledge of Matthews’ country of birth but when you continue to listen to the song the listener will discover a different story behind the song. Matthews moved to The United States when he was two leading him to write about different events in America’s history. Through the different stanzas Dave Matthews

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    of the United States army. “The Trail of Tears was the most sorrowful legacy of the Jacksonian Era”‚ (ushistory.org n.d.). Over 4‚000 Cherokees died in 1838 and 1839 on their way to present-day Oklahoma‚ during Andrew Jackson’s Indian removal (The Trail of Tears 1942). Missionaries who had invested their time and money teaching Indians about Christianity were against the removal of the Indians‚ many of whom lobbied Congress to oppose the act (Kidwell n.d.). The Trail of Tears marked the movement of

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    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 the Trails of Tears‚ killing over 4‚000 Native Americans. Out of all the thing Andrew Jackson did in his two terms of being president he brought more terror than honor‚ which is why he should be considered a villain. The Indian removal act was an

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    and gives the impression that the story is unfolding right in front of them. The use of the syllabary in the novel is similar to the use of the their own language that the Cherokees used on the trail. The reader’s confusion at the unfamiliar language is comparable to the soldiers’ experience on the trail at the Cherokee language that they did not understand. “They don’t want us to be able to talk. They know our language gives us power.” (137) The novel itself is like the strength of the Cherokee

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    Moss 1 Braden Moss Mr. Boyd 10/27/14 1st Period Indian Removal DBQ Ever since the American people arrived at the New World they have continually driven the Native Americans out of their native lands. The decision of the Jackson administration to remove the Cherokee Indians to lands west of the Mississippi River in the 1830s was not the only viable decision Jackson had in view of the issues‚ but Jackson had many reasons why he thought the decision was valid even though the Supreme Court said it was

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    Indian Removal Michelle True 10:30 mon‚wed‚fri classes 884352 Mr. Ale The Cherokee land stretched through the southern appellations‚ the land consisted of beautiful green mountains‚ filled with trees‚ tall rock mountains and lakes with high water falls. It was a land of which no other can compare to‚ “Ridge”‚ who was born in 1771‚ grew up in the Cherokee lands‚ said‚ “I would willingly die to preserve them.” (2:52). The Cherokee nation had constantly been

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