Sitting Bull was published in the encyclopedia which had a different point of view from the story that was published in 2001. In the 1911 story‚ Sitting Bull comes from a tribe called Dakota Sioux. He led attacks on white settlers in Iowa and Minnesota during the Civil War. His father was also a chief of the Dakota Sioux tribe. Sitting Bull had pretended to make peace with the whites‚ but he attacked them many times. Fearing he would have gotten punished for being in the massacre that killed General George
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During 1861 Tennessee was divided into three grand divisions. Some confederate states and unionists. Battled for their own political war to see which way Tennessee would go as the confederate states of America. During the battle they threated Tennessee if they didn’t leave the union franklin country withdrew this threat. In East Tennessee most residents remained loyal to the Union. Tennessee joined the Confederacy in 1861 but Tennessee soldiers served in both the Union and Confederate armies. Tennessee
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From the beginning of the Civil War in 1861‚ President Abraham Lincoln repeatedly stated that his primary objective of the war was not to abolish the institution of slavery‚ but rather to preserve the Union. Lincoln knew that the Constitution protected slavery in any state where the citizens wanted it. As the war progressed‚ the abolition of slavery was seen as a military strategy for the Union army‚ as the newly freed slaves would then fight for the cause of their own freedom. Since
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The United States wanted to prevent hostility‚ so they tried to get the Indians to agree to living on reservations instead of on their homelands. For the rest of the following century they struggled to force the Indians to accept it‚ they failed to do so in the end and were forced to more desperate measures to clear the west for western settlement. The first policy was the Medicine Lodge Treaty‚ signed in Kansas‚ 1867. It divided the Great Plains into two huge Indian territories. In return for government
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have adopted multiple cultures and ideas from the indians. Most tribes had to endure many tough situations. Among these tribes was the Dakota tribe. The Dakota tribe was primarily out of North and South Dakota ("Lakota‚ Dakota‚ Nakota - The Great Sioux Nation"). There have been many stereotypes placed on the Dakota Indians‚ but most of them are inaccurate ("An Introduction to Dakota Culture and History"). There are seven major Dakota tribes in the Dakota Indian Nation. Each tribe is lead independently
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Germany. Prussia also controlled the German lands around the Rhine River in the west. In between‚ from Denmark to Switzerland‚ lay small provinces that Bismarck needed to incorporate under the Prussian crown to create a viable German Empire. In 1862‚ Bismarck reorganized the Prussian army and improved training in preparation for war. In 1864‚ he constructed an alliance with Austria to fight Denmark over Denmark’s southern provinces of Schleiswig and Holstein. Prussia received Schleiswig while
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History Of Slavery An evil of civilization Slavery enters human history with civilization. Hunter-gatherers and primitive farmers have no use for a slave. They collect or grow just enough food for themselves. One more pair of hands is one more mouth. There is no economic advantage in owning another human being. Once people gather in towns and cities‚ a surplus of food created in the countryside (often now on large estates) makes possible a wide range of crafts in the town. On a large farm or
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Burnside is appointed brigadier general of U.S. Volunteers‚ after the First Battle of Manassas. * February 8‚ 1862 - Brigadier General Ambrose E. Burnside captures Roanoke Island‚ North Carolina. * March 14‚ 1862 - Brigadier General Ambrose E. Burnside captures Newbern‚ North Carolina. * March 18‚ 1862 - Ambrose E. Burnside is promoted to major general. * September 17‚ 1862 - Union Major General Ambrose E. Burnside commands the Army of Potomac’s Ninth Corps at the Battle of Antietam
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In the 19th century West‚ the policy of the U.S. government toward Indians kept changing because couple president’s administration against Indians were different. Andrew Jackson‚ served as the 7th President in the United States‚ promoted the Indian Removal Acts. The 18th President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant set up the first Indian Reservations. Andrew Jackson treat Indians as suject of the United States‚ and he promoted the Indian Removal Acts because he believed removal could save the
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It only takes a glimpse of time to take someones life and turn it upside down. October 31‚ 2013 was the day that Jen Elgersma’s life was struck by tragedy. Elgersma dropped her three year old daughter Autumn off to daycare like a normal day‚ little did Elgersma know that was the last time Autumn would ever go to daycare. May 27‚ 1943 was that day for Louie Zamperini. Zamperini and his crew were cooperating in a search and rescue mission over the Pacific when their plane suddenly lost power and lurched
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