The Dawes Act was a document that authorized the President of the United States to assess American Indian land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians. Those who agreed to allotments would then be granted United States citizenship. During this time in the mid 1800s the United States and its citizens had their hearts set on Westward expansion. Americans were strongly encouraged by the belief of the “Manifest Destiny”‚ a widely held belief that settlers were destined by God to expand throughout
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Daniel Boone was a hunter‚ farmer‚ explorer‚ and outdoorsman who contributed to the expansion of America during his lifetime by navigating through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky. Daniel Boone was born on November 2‚ 1734‚ near Reading‚ Pennsylvania. Boone was sixth of eleven children born to Squire Boone‚ a land speculator and farmer‚ and Sarah Morgan. He was the son of Quaker parents who valued hard work. He learned some simple skills including blacksmithing but had very little formal education
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The Cherokee a large Native American tribe that previously inhabited large areas of land in the southeast‚ specifically the lower Appalachian Mountains (Gilbert‚ 178). Currently‚ they reside in a reservation in western North Carolina‚ and two in Oklahoma‚ one of which is the largest reservation in the United States (Cherokee Ancestry). The Cherokee were a warrior society‚ often traveling as far north as Ohio‚ and as far west as the Mississippi river to wage war on other tribes (Gilbert‚ 187). The
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Ultimately‚ the Klan was a reaction by southern whites against the rise of freedom for African Americans and their entrance into politics (2). Despite how the Klan is viewed now‚ it was originally meant to just be a social club (2). A place where likeminded people could come together and voice their concerns and opinions (4). They believed a sense of mystery would add amusement to the club (2). This can be represented by how outlandish the Klan made their structure sound by having ranks such as Grand
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Forceful Removal of Natives The trail of tears was simply wrong. The trail of tears is one of the saddest events in our nation’s history. We forcefully took land that did not belong to us. In addition‚ we killed thousands in the process. The 5 nations east of the Mississippi were changed forever. We took from them the very rights that we just fought for in the Revolutionary War. We had such double standards thinking that we deserve the rights in our constitution but not the native americans. Why
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The Native American have not had the easy way of obtaining land that was actually theirs to begin with. The following topics will be why the Dakota Indians have communities instead of reservations‚ ways that have made the Dakota historical experience different from that of the Ojibwe‚ and the barriers that the Dakota communities faced that were similar to the Ojibwe. Also about why treaties matter so much to the Native Americans. The Dakota Indians were forced to move many different times before
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The Lower Mississippian Valley underwent a dramatic change over the course of the 18th and 19th centuries. Land that was once only inhabited by Native Americans began opening its doors to European explorers and traders. The Europeans brought along with them African slaves. The relationship between these three groups‚ the Native Americans‚ Europeans‚ and African slaves completely changed the demographics and culture of the area and created a lively trading system that provided supplies throughout
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The making of the second Ku Klux Klan was risen to defend White supremacy. For the last few years‚ White people have felt neglected and replaceable. They wanted to take control of the United States again and feel secure. Moreover‚ the Great War led to depression and numerous people lost their jobs. They felt the United States they once knew is gone. In the 1920s‚ there was a massive increase of immigrants‚ youth rebellion‚ suffrage‚ different religious practices. In other words‚ the Ku Klux Klan
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Rachna Shah APUSH: Log Entry #2 5. The requerimiento was only an excuse to treat native people brutally‚ confiscate their land‚ and enslave them‚ because the Europeans believed that that would be the most efficient way. Of course‚ if the natives weren’t manacled‚ then they would have fought back‚ and quite possibly‚ especially if the natives enslaved by Columbus and his original men‚ have beaten the Europeans‚ at least for the time being. The Native American men wouldn’t have given up their rights
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The article of the story of The Removal of the Cherokees presents the hardships which the Cherokees went through while moving west after being kicked out of their territory in Georgia. This event in history shows how ungrateful people are‚ the unfairness of life‚ and how to this day somethings have not changed. To begin with‚ one of the things in this article that really makes me see how ungrateful some people are is the fact that Andrew Jackson and Chief Junaluska fought together in the Battle
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