The Trail of Tears: Before and After In the early 1830’s‚ the Native Americans’ consisted of about 125‚000 people living in Georgia‚ Tennessee‚ Alabama‚ North Carolina and Florida. America‚ their homeland had been invaded by white settlers. Unfortunately the settlers’ greed won the moral battle. The federal government made the executive decision to introduce the “Indian Removal Bill”‚ which led to the extrication of the Native Americans by a long forced journey-by-foot known as the trail of tears
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Trail of Tears The Cherokee Indians have lived on this continent far longer than anyone of British decent. Yet they were removed‚ in a brutal manner‚ from their homeland‚ on which they have lived for countless centuries. This journey of removal was called the Trail of Tears‚ and this paper will show the effect it had on the Cherokee. It will be told how they lived before they were removed‚ tell the events that led to their removal‚ explain the conditions of travel‚ and tell what has happened to
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Shady Trail Case Study Executive Summary After analyzing the numbers and the market and property factors involved with Shady Trail‚ it is my opinion that this property is a reasonable one to invest in. It meets the criteria we had previously set forth in choosing an investment property as both the IRR and the current cash flows are in excess of the minimum we mandated. These numbers require that the assumptions we use in market rent‚ cap rate in 2003‚ vacancy rate‚ and our plans to sell the
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Trail of Tears The Indians of America lived mostly peacefully among the people in the states. Though to some they were only to ever be thought of as savages‚ people who would kill the whites. Others thought of them as less than whites. They were essentially in the same social status or class as the blacks were. Though the land in America more rightfully belonged to them than any persons living there‚ they were treated like immigrants in a foreign land. They weren’t given the same rights as the
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Outline Question: What did the pioneers on the Oregon Trail face and what history was made and is still known today? Thesis: The Oregon Trail was not an easy trip. The pioneers faced many problems along the way such as Cholera and dysentery. The Native Americans did not make the trip and easier for them either. Introduction A) Over 300‚000 immigrants attempted to travel the route of the Oregon Trail‚ and only approximately 140‚00 made it to the other side. The trip across the
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The Five Civilized Tribes and the “Trail of Tears” The Indian Removal Act and the “Trail of Tears” was one of the worst tragedies in American history. It shows that the US government was forcing Native Americans to move from their homelands and endure great hardships of famine‚ cold and harsh weather‚ long treks on foot‚ and unfamiliar places with no regards to their safety‚ culture‚ history and wellbeing. Since the settling of North America by European colonists‚ relations between Native Americans
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The Legacy of the Oregon Trail The actual journey was not what Jesse Fremont had stated however. The trail was used beginning with the fur-traders and explorers who used it in the early 1820s and ended when the Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869. Most of the travelers were settlers who went through the paths of Independence‚ Missouri ending in Oregon’s Willamette Valley (Tindall‚ Shi 502). They were hoping to find new opportunities in the west and had started the trip with high hopes
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Around twenty thousand Indians traveled the Trail of Tears either on horseback‚ wagons‚ steamboats‚ keelboats‚ or by foot (The Trail of Tears). All along this Trail of Tears were a series of stops along the way called forts. These forts were put into place for the Indians to have a place to stop and rest for a while along their tough journey and also a way for the Indians to be documented along the trail to keep a tab on them but these forts turned out to be awful living
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Title of the Lesson: Trail of Tears Content Area(s): Social Studies‚ Literature‚ Technology Unit of Study: Trail of Tears/US History Grade Level: 4-6 Time Frame: Comprehensive Unit/Lesson scheduled to take 3 weeks including reading of novel and a few different projects NCSS Themes: 1. Culture‚ 2. Time‚ Continuity and Change 3. People‚ Places & Environment 4. Individual Development and Identity 5. Individuals‚ Groups‚ and Institutions 6. Power‚ authority‚ and governance Standards:
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become part of the trail of tears was a dishonorable act made by the
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