Americus, Georgia

There are soccer programs in counties all over Georgia that need resources and funding in order to teach and foster the youth in its surrounding community. The Atlanta United Foundation (AUF) has a mission to expand the reach and accessibility of soccer for individuals across all counties in Georgia (Atlanta United Foundation, 2018). The problem that arises is which types of populations within the soccer communities in Georgia are most in need of financial assistance from an organization such…

On February 8, 1887, Congress passed the Dawes Act as a solution to the "Indian Problem." Congress saw this conflict similar to Americans Richard H. Pratt and Carl Schurz, who noticed the Westward Expansion campaign had become an invasion for Native Americans. Both men believed the Natives must integrate into western society, that they must "individualize them in the possession and appreciation of property," Schurz claimed. Mr. Pratt had seen the harsh conditions of Native reservations himself…

Andersonville also more commonly known as camp sumpter was located in Andersonville, Georgia. This camp held more prisoners than any other Confederate war camp at the time of the civil war. It was built in 1864 and it only existed for fourteen months. During those fourteen months it held more than 45,000 union soldiers. most of the soldiers died from poor sanitation and disease. The prison was surrounded by big tree logs that were about 17 feet tall so no one even thought about getting over them…

The History into the creation of the location of the Sand Creek Massacre or battle into a national historical site at the beginning of this century was as complicated a situation as the actual Sand Creek Massacre in 1864. The sociopolitical dramatic history that surrounded the creation of Sand Creek Colorado caused old rivalries and historical conflicts to arise between the native residents of the Native American Reservations and the United States Government. The Book A Misplaced Massacre:…

There’s a saying that questions “do the ends justify the means”? This means does the outcome outweigh everything sacrificed to get there. In the early to mid nineteenth century, America was hurt socially, technologically, economically, and politically due to the Trail of Tears, President Andrew Jackson, and Industrialization. Beginning in the late 1700’s and advancing into the 1800’s, the Native Americans that had lived in America for the past 12,000 years gradually lost the majority of their…

material and financial assistance to get to their new location. Jackson's government succeeded in general terms. He had sign into law seventhly removal treaties. Moving the Indians to what is now eastern Oklahoma. Challenging in court the Georgia laws, restricted their freedoms on their own land. In 1831Justice,…

Andrew Jackson has expressed many of his concerns relating to the removal of the “Indians” and it has caught my attention. What made my brain whirl with confusion was when Jackson stated “And is it supposed that the wandering savage has a stronger attachment to his home than the settled, civilized Christian?” This quote could possibly be the number question that states the mindset of many Native Americans because in order for the present American came to be, land must be stripped, lives must be…

Historical Significance Why are the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Trail of Tears historically significant? The Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Trail of Tears is historically significant because if this didn’t happen then we wouldn’t discover the west and there would be more Native Americans. An evidence to support me answer is on an article called “Trail of Tears” By Joyce Furstenau in paragraph 2 it states, “During the 1600’s, British colonists arrived. They did not pass through as De…

pioneers living in Georgia, frustrated by the lack of opportunity in the settled areas, pushed hard for new lands to purchase and farm. But the eastern part of the land was own by Cherokee…

On January 15th, 1929, Martin Luther King, Jr. (his birth name was originally Michael King, Jr.) was born in Atlanta, Georgia. The parents of this remarkable man were Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr., a highly religious man, and Alberta Williams King. He had a younger brother, Alfred Daniel Williams King, born July 30th, 1930, and one elder sister, Christine King Farris, born September 11th, 1927. When King was only 6, his father took a trip to Germany, and once he returned from his trip, was…