Virginia‚ Kentucky‚ and Tennessee. Most Cherokees were forced to move to Oklahoma in the 1800’s along the Trail of Tears. The Cherokee Indians who survived this death still live in Oklahoma today. Some Cherokees escaped the Trail of Tears by hiding in the Appalachian hills or taking shelter with white neighbors. These people live scattered throughout the original Cherokee Indian homelands. Trail of Tears was the Cherokee name for what the Americans called Indian Removal. During the 1800’s‚ the US government
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This makes sense on why the trail the Cherokee took was called the Trail of Tears. It was called the Trail of Tears because of all of the tears shed for those who died. All of the resentment that the Cherokee must have felt against the whites must have been a lot. Just think about the fact that all of these people died because of the fact
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village people but that is far from what really happened. What happened in the Holocaust was genocide but would you consider what happened to the Native Americans was genocide? There are lots of opinions and feelings about what happened like the “Trail of Tears” in the “Indian Removal Acts” and the concentration camps where they were all moved from their land so the whites could build and the Indians would die of exposure. I don’t think it was a full genocide but most of the characteristics fit‚ so I
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There are obvious reasons why Andrew Jackson shouldn’t be on the twenty dollar bill. There was the Indian Removal Act‚ the Trail of Tears‚ and he closed the National Bank. But‚ who should replace him? One western leader‚ President Ronald Reagan‚ above all others‚ demanded the Soviets to give up the Brezhney Doctrine and abandon the arms race‚ brought down the Berlin Wall‚ and ended the Cold War at the bargaining table and not on battlefield (2013‚ Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism). The Brezhney
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Westward Expansion ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN COMPLETE SENTENCES. Take your time and answer all parts of the questions. You will be graded on thoughtful‚ complete answers. This is due at the end of the class period on Friday 3/23. Do not alter questions or delete questions. ____________________________________________________________________________ 1.) Color your map and label the acquired territories with the year. Use this map to help you. Please USE THE SAME COLORS!!! (colored pencils only! Do
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they believed themselves to be. Both the Jacksonians and President Jackson went against the Supreme Courts regarding cases that were said to be constitutional. An instance in which the Jacksonian Democrats violated the Constitution was in the "Trail of Tears". The Supreme Court stated that the Jacksonian Democrats’ actions were unconstitutional because they had issued the "Indian Removal Act". By doing this‚ they were in violation of the treaty of New Echota. In the 1832 decision Worcester v. Georgia
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west. In 1840‚ people began to organize themselves to go on treks. Such treks were long and arduous journeys into the north American west to tame and civilize the land. Such treks include: The Mormon pioneer trek‚ the Oregon trail‚ the Santa fe trail‚ and the California trail. This was a hopeful time‚ and as John O’ Sullivan wrote‚ “We are the nation of progress‚ of individual freedom‚ or universal enfranchisement. Our future history will be to establish on earth the moral dignity and salvation of
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With the main goal to find gold‚ the Europeans decided that they wanted to stay in this “New World”. After the atrocity that left thousands dead‚ the survivors were faced with the fight for the right of their land. With colonization came slavery‚ because without it European colonization would have stayed limited in North America. Slaves were defined by the Europeans as non-Christian and non-European people. In 1705‚ the Virginia General Assembly stated‚ "All servants imported and brought into the
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signing removal treaties and dealt only with those who favored removal. Though the Trail of Tears took place during Van Buren’s presidency‚ through Jackson’s numerous removal acts such as the treaty of New Echota he set up the framework for the Trail of Tears. Van Buren’s administration only had to enforce the Treaty of New Echota‚ which resulted in the deaths of an estimated 4‚000 Cherokees on the Trail of Tears. Jackson had carried out his plans to relocate the Indians west of the Mississippi
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Blood poured out of the wound in my side‚ and I gripped it as tears sprung to my eyes. I could feel every little nerve in my body slowly becoming numb as my body began to shut down. My heart began to beat slower‚ and my eyes grew heavy. I could barely feel my legs‚ but I continued to crawl away from the battlefield. The tears in my eyes began to spill‚ and I whimpered out loud‚ choking on the air that I breathed. I collapsed in to a pile of leaves near the base of a large oak tree‚ desperate for
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