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    them. Humans tend to have hatred towards others because of their selfishness. They think they are better than others and can control them. The trail of tears‚ African Slavery‚ and the Holocaust all show human cruelty weather it is to the Indians‚ slaves‚ or Jewish people by forcing them to do and go wherever the powerful forces made them. In the trail of tears‚ innocent Cherokee Indians were forced off their land. Between 1790 and 1830 the population of Georgia increased greatly. The western push of

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    signed a treaty to remove native tribes east of the Mississippi river and provide land west of the river. In difference‚ I believe this act wasn’t justified for several reasons; such as laws being disobeyed‚ natives being disrespected‚ and the Trail Of Tears The Indian removal act wasn’t justified because laws were disobeyed throughout the supreme court; for instance‚ Andrew Jackson negotiated with Native Americans to

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    B. Labeled Native Americans “Indians” best interest to enslave C. Pope’s message warning Indians Hanke‚ P. "Christopher Columbus: The Untold Story ."http://www.understandingprejudice.org/nativeiq/columbus.htm. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 7 Jul 2010. II. Trail of Tears A. Supreme Court establishes that Native Americans can live on land 1. Cannot hold claim or title to land 2. Still had right to occupancy B. Policies limiting land sales to U.S. Government 1. Three tribes: Cherokee‚ Creek‚ and Chickasaw

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    com). One of the major event that caused the Trail of Tears is the Black Hawk war‚ tribes Sauk and Fox fought the white settlers because the settlers started the attack even though the tribes surrender‚ this war didn’t loosen the tense at all it caused more damage by the whites goal was removing all tribes from the west. The United States forced the Native Americans from their homelands leaving behind their ancestry land; this is known as the Trail of Tears. The white settlers were often scared and

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    Mississippi has gone through many cultural changes in its history a few major cultural changes have been the trail of tears and loss of Native American culture the end of slavery and agrarian based society‚ and the transition to a desegregated society. Mississippi’s first people were descendants of people traveled across the being s when it was frozen 1000’s of years ago. Eventually there people made their way across the Americas and settle in various places to become the Native American tribes

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    unjustified because it is egotistical‚ self contradictory‚ and xenophobic exemplified through by The Trail

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    factors contributed to the breakdown of “good feelings”. However‚ President Andrew Jackson and the truly horrible things he did during his presidency‚ from the infamous Trail of Tears‚ to the Nullification Crisis‚ politically divided America‚ causing the breakdown of “good feelings” within the political realm of America

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    Destiny led to many expansion opportunities such as the expansion to California‚ the Oregon Trail‚ and parts our Mexican land in the

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    What were the causes of the Trail of Tears? The Trail of Tears was caused by the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The enforcement of this act was possible through the use of military forces. “The soldiers first erected internment camps and then rounded up the Cherokees. ‘Families at dinner were startled...and rose up to be driven with blows and oaths along the weary miles of trail that led to the stockade’”(Takaki 76). The Cherokees were gathered and forced to go on the trail. They were dragged out of

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    Andrew Jackson Hero Outline After reviewing Andrew Jackson’s positive and negative actions‚ it has come to a conclusion that he was in the position of a hero. In the 1800’s President Andrew Jackson showed he was a hero to the reduce in Federal debts‚ winning the Battle of New Orleans‚ and hearing the voices of the people and giving them the chance to vote for their president. Despite all his positive work‚ he also made many negative decisions‚ but none mayor and serious. Andrew Jackson made

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