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    for some? In 1830‚ all of the Indians except for some of the Cherokee signed the Treaty of New Etocha. This treaty‚ was between a small group of Cherokee and the U.S. government where they agreed to leave. Most of the Cherokee refused to leave their land. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 should not be justified because the Americans and Indians have an abysmal‚ the americans gave the Indians bad land‚ and the Indians were there first. First‚ the Americans and Indians have an abysmal. They have an

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    Jackson would be against Indian Casinos within the State of California. The reason why Jackson would be against Indian Casinos would be because he viewed Indians as incompetent‚ didn’t believe in Indian Sovereignty‚ and firmly believed Indian Reservations were interfering with states’ rights. As a result‚ Jackson viewed Indians as inferior people. Jackson believed whites were more superior than Native Americans. He also believed that Indians were unable to handle their own personal and financial

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    Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson‚ the seventh president of the United States‚ deserves to have his picture engraved on the twenty-dollar bill. Jackson’s perilous military achievement and leadership as well as democratic principles demonstrated during his presidency have made a significant contribution to American history and political life. Andrew Jackson led his troops to decisive victories against the Creeks in Alabama and against the British in New Orleans. In the war of 1812 the Creek Indians

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    The life of Andrew Jackson is undeniable an interesting one and I have mixed feeling on his legacy. Andrew Jackson was born on March 15‚ 1767 in a community of Scotch-Irish immigrants near the Carolina border. At the age of 13 Jackson was captured and imprisoned along with his older brother Robert. While in captivity‚ a British Officer slashed his head for refusing to shine his boots. While in captivity both brothers contracted small pox before their mother‚ Elizabeth arranged for their release in

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    Industrial Policy‚ 1991 INTRODUCTION The industrial policies pursued till 1990 enabled India to develop a vast and diversified industrial structure. India attained self–sufficiency in a wide range of consumer goods. But the industrial growth was not rapid enough to generate sufficient employment‚ to reduce regional disparities and to alleviate poverty. It was felt that government controls and regulations had put shackles on the growth of different segments of Indian Industry. Lack of adequate

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    Andrew Johnson was a fearless‚ brave‚ noble‚ and inspired person‚ blind to the subtleties of human relations‚ deaf to the words of others‚ and convinced that he and he alone knew the truth. One word to describe him‚ pigheaded‚ and certainty not like some of our other contemporary political leaders. He was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth‚ though more like a silver foot in his mouth. Johnson ’s father died when he was four; there was no money left‚ so he was sent out as an apprentice when

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    Andrew Jackson was born to Presbyterian Scots-Irish immigrants Andrew and Elizabeth Jackson‚ on March 15‚ 1767 approximately two years after they had emigrated from Carrickfergus.[2][3] Three weeks after his father ’s death‚ Andrew was born in the Waxhaws area near the border between North and South Carolina. He was the youngest of the Jacksons ’ three sons. His exact birth site was the subject of conflicting lore in the area. Jackson claimed to have been born in a cabin just inside South Carolina

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    Andrew Jackson and Theodore Roosevelt were two men with very many things in common. They both were Presidents in the United States of America at some point in time. They each have served many years as some sort of governor with Jackson being the military governor of Florida and Roosevelt being the governor of New York. Roosevelt and Jackson were major influences towards this country. But even with those similarities between them they were two men with differences. One was a big military man while

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    of an independent-minded Andrew Jackson started early in his life due to the death of his family during the Revolutionary War. He lived on the streets and developed ways to survive and not care what other people thought of his decision making. However‚ was like everyone else during this time‚ trying to make a name for himself. Like all frontiersman‚ there was constant fear of Indian attacks. As Robert V. Remini writes in his book The Life of Andrew Jackson‚ “Jackson was called upon to protect the

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    Andrew Jackson has been considered the first modern president because‚ he significantly contributed to the expansion of the office‚ he was considered the first popularly elected president‚ and‚ throughout his presidency acted his role as a populist. Jackson’s Presidency was the beginning of the modern presidency‚ one in which the powers that the president holds while in the office of the grew immensely. Jackson was the first President to introduce the spoils system‚ the system in which when a

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