The Trail of Tears is one of the most known Indian walks in the world. The Federal Government under President Jackson made a sum of around 18,000 Indians from many different tribes walk 800 miles. During the journey, a brutal winter had occurred and 4,000 Indians died on the trail from cold weather, old age, or hunger. The Indians trail started in Georgia and ended on the west side of the Mississippi River.…
That fall he married Jessie Benton, gaining her father as protector. Frémont was sent to explore the Wind River chain of the Rockies in 1842 and to record scientific exploration of the Oregon Trail. He hired Kit Carson as guide, he followed the trail through South Pass. John’s recordings were filled with great adventures and also contained a very detailed map of the area. Frémont was starting to become famous.…
Andrew Jackson Hero or Monster How many people will Jackson have to kill before people see he was a monster. A lot of people see what horrible things he did makes him a monster like the Trail of Teis and the deal this two are what made him a big monster. The Trail of these was one of Jackson's biggest mistakes it was an act of racism his man kick out Indians out of their home at gunpoint not letting them, take nothing with them and if the stop moving there were killed, some that were to keep on walking was 20,000 and about 20% of them died because of this and the sick were killed this is just an awful avant in history. Jackson got into a duel and was shot in the shoulder and he misled and cheated and shot again and killed the guy all because…
One of the main reasons why Josiah Gregg took the Santa Fe Trail was for the benefit of his health. People believed travelling across the Plains could cure all sorts of ailments, most of which related to the lungs because the clearer air and fresher environment improved respiratory function. Gregg explains the other complaints that could be eased: “Most chronic diseases, particularly live complains, dyspepsia, and similar affections, are often radically cured; owing no doubt, to the peculiarities of diet, and the regular exercise incident to prairie life, as well as the purity of the atmosphere to those elevated…regions.” This demonstrates the variety of ailments that plagued nineteenth century people and therefore the reasons people wanted…
In order to help make traveling west achievable for pioneers, the Oregon Trail, Santa Fe Trail, and Mormon Trail were created. Therefore, in the early 1800s, many pioneers flourished expanding west, regardless of challenges and hardships, due to their ambition and hope of the great rewards that awaited them in their new…
The stock Market had crashed, leading the country into the great depression. It was the most devastating economic issue we have ever faced as a nation. In 1939 WWII took many young men away from their families, the war lasted until 1945. (“Disillusion, defiance, and discontent:” 689-701) An event that had a major impact at the time on Americans was the great depression.…
What is Manifest Destiny? Most people never even heard of it to tell you the truth. Manifest Destiny was a movement during the 1800's when people from the East of America would move to the West. You probably heard of the Gold Rush or the Louisiana Purchase. They were all part of Manifest Destiny.…
The Legacy of Manifest Destiny In the age of reform, America became engulfed in the spirit of Manifest destiny. Manifest Destiny was the belief that the people of the United States were destined with the mission of expansion from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It was a common believe that America was chosen by God as a superior nation to expand “from sea to shining sea.” A journalist for the United States Magazine and Democratic Review, John L. O'Sullivan, wrote about the movement in 1839.…
The Oregon Trail was the next big part of the westward expansion. In the mid-19th century the Oregon Trail was the main pathway for American emigrants searching for new lands and opportunity on the frontier. From its main departure points in Missouri, the grueling overland route stretched 2,170 miles over the Great Plains and the Continental Divide, finally ending in the fertile Willamette Valley or the goldfields of California. More than 400,000 pioneers traveled its trails in the boom years between 1840 and 1860, braving everything from disease outbreaks and wagon accidents to arid deserts and rushing river crossings.…
Not many people know or have heard about the Trail of Tears. It might be a subject that some people avoid because it was such a horrible tragedy. The Trail of Tears was a forced Indian march that took place on a very long trail of 1,000 miles that led to an established Indian Territory. Our government were the ones behind this and thought it was right to remove them from their homes. These people suffered even some them died on their journey.…
After each and every family gathered their teams and hitched to their wagons a trumpeter played the trumpet to signal “Wagons Ho”, to start the wagons down the Trail. The usual distance covered in a day was about fifteen miles, on a good day, the pioneers could probably conquer a good 20 miles down the Trail. The Oregon Trail started in Missouri and ended in Oregon and came across as about 2,000 miles long. The Oregon Trail wasn’t just one set path, there were several pathways and choosing the right one was the challenge for the pioneers. The pioneers endured everything from disease outbreaks accidents or wagons tipping over and dry dirty deserts or freezing deep water crossings, this wasn’t your everyday Trail.…
An example of the new roads developed to connect the country include the National Road which was the first federally funded road. The construction began in 1811, and by 1818 it stretched from Cumberland, Maryland to Wheeling, Virginia. What the National Road did for the country was that it fed the demand for the connection of large cities in the west as well as other parts in the country. The road was reliable and for those who followed westward with heavy wagons for settlement purposes or goods transportation, as it gave people a route of guidance. An account published in the 1800’s presented the success of the National Road by stating "There were sometimes twenty gaily-painted four-horse coaches each way daily.…
After reading the text provided I came to the conclusion that the relationship between the Native Americans and the United States was in constant turmoil. The text is littered with many treaties made with the Natives and the effect these had on all parties involved. The westward expansion caused numerous battles and debates among the politicians and tribes. A quote from the article A Shawnee Argues for an Untied Indian Resistance, 1810 states “After mistreatment of the Native Americans by Presidents Jefferson and Madison, Tecumseh, a Shawnee, tried to organize the Midwestern Indian tribes into a united political alliance to thwart the steady advance of the white settlers.” This quote shows the strained relationship between the Natives and the…
William Cullen Bryant's poem, “The Prairies,” expresses the beauty he first encounters of America's prairies and contrasts the beautiful and abundant image of an alive nature; “And fresh as the young earth, ere man had sinned/ The Prairies. I behold them for the first,” with the grim inevitability of death within the prairie. But from what death takes nature always gives back even when man has made it difficult to continue (495-497). Through juxtaposed images of life and death; Bryant is able to show their correlation, and personify nature to paint a beautiful, and haunting image of the prairies and early America.…
There have been a lot of questions as to what caused the destruction of Pruitt-Igoe. Was it the economy of St. Louis in the 1950’s, the government and…