Oklahoma Land Rush Oklahoma Indian Territory 5 civilized tribes –Cherokees‚ Chickasaw‚ Choctaws‚ Creek‚ Seminole Land Rush on “No Man’s Land” – April 22‚ 1889 – white settlers given opportunity to settle far western portion of OK Curtis Act 1889 – formally ended Indian communal land ownership thereby legally dissolving Indian Territory Oklahoma – “land of the Red Man” At the close of the Civil War 360‚000 Indians still lived in Trans-Miss. West. Most in Great Plains. Plain Indians used guns
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Mar. 2012. Lambert‚ Frank. Inventing the Great Awakening‚ Princeton University Press (1999). Print. Pelt‚ Owen D.‚ and Ralph Lee Smith. The Story of the National Baptists. New. York: Vantage Press (1960). Print. Ostling‚ Richard and Joan K. Ostling. Mormon America: The Power and Promise (2nd ed) HarperCollins (2007). Print. Putnam‚ Robert D. and David E Campbell‚ American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us (2010). Print. Salzman‚ Jack‚ David L
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Harmful – fast food‚ violent movies‚ violent video games‚ alcohol‚ drugs Given choices‚ can someone purchase porn under 18 Pornography (by depicting sexuality in a graphic and explicit fashion) does not merely serve to offend some members of society‚ but it serves to actually cause “harm” society‚ therefore it ought to be censored (see Module 12). 1. What is pornography? 2. What is the difference between pornography and erotica? Is a
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Negative | Affirmative | The institution of marriage has traditionally been defined as between a man and a woman. In the Oct. 15‚ 1971 decision Baker v. Nelson (186 KB) ‚ the Supreme Court of Minnesota found that "The institution of marriage as a union of man and woman‚ uniquely involving the procreation and rearing of children within a family‚ is as old as the book of Genesis.” | Varnum v. Brien‚ 763 N.W.2d 862 (Iowa 2009)‚ is a unanimous decision of the Iowa Supreme Court dated April 3‚ 2009
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American reform movements in the early to mid 1800’s strived at improving our developing society. America was growing larger‚ and with the expanding population‚ many new ideas sprang up. Conflicting opinions between the people of the United States caused the emergence of an Age of Reform‚ where people tried to change things such as the educational system and women’s rights. These movements were the result of our nation’s self-determination and interest in improving the society we
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Marriage: What’s It’s Future? The tradition of marriage is that typically a man and woman have a special day where they pledge to spend the rest of their lives together. But what if that tradition was to be broken; perhaps it would be a man and man to be married or a woman and a woman‚ even a polygamous marriage. The term "nuclear family" (a.k.a man and woman marriage with their children) has made the United States so narrow minded into thinking that there is only one type of socially
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30-year-old businessman‚ well-known motivational speaker and devout Mormon. With a single gunshot to the right brow and being stabbed 29 times‚ Travis was then left for dead in a stand up shower in his bathroom for several days. When Arias was questioned by the police she stated that she had not seen Travis since April of 2008. She then claimed she had seen two men kill him‚ then eventually saying that she killed him out of self-defense (Warren‚ 2013). According to Arias‚ the dysfunction of their relationship
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converted‚ some churches destroyed‚ others created a. Methodists/Baptists – poor attracted/non-traditional 2. Camp Meetings – traveling preachers‚ thousands gather‚ get “saved” D. Mormon – Joseph Smith – organized‚ group dynamic – new message from God 1. Feared by neighbors – voted as unit‚ polygamy‚ n ot individualistic 2. Brigham Young moved to Utah – MO and Ohio kicked out II. Education Reform – creation of public schools/state sponsored universities A. Before – public schools
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1. Discuss the status of foreign claims and possessions in the trans-Mississippi West from 1811 to 1840. Trace the development of American interests in the region during this era. Between the years 1811 to 1840‚ Americans had migrated into the trans-Mississippi West in order to obtain defined boundaries with Canada and Mexico; moreover‚ they went westward to acquire the western edge of the continent. Commercial goals fueled early interest as traders firs sought beaver skins in Oregon territory
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In my opinion the two articles that would be most appealing to the american public would be‚ “ The secrets of the cigarettes “ and “ The marijuana tax act of 1937” . Even though the “the marijuana tax act of 1937” was explained through lecture and not apart of our assignments ‚ it was a captivating read on a decades long controversial drug that no one quite truly understands . Moving onto the reason I choose the article of “The secrets of cigarettes” was the opposite of marijuana ‚ meaning the American
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