Andrew County

Indian Removal, a controversy that dates back to America’s founding, has had its supporters and its critics. In 1877, the American government forced the Wal-lam-wat-kin band of the Nez Perce Indians to move from their lands and into an Indian reservation. Their chief In-mut-too-yah-lat-lat, whom Americans address by Joseph, traveled to Lincoln Hall in Washington, D.C. two years later to advocate for Indian freedom as conditions in the reservation worsened. His goal was to convince American…

happy about these tribes standing in their way, so they pressured the federal government for help, which led to the Indian Removal Policy. This policy was the government’s twisted and selfish way of gaining land that they wouldn’t have to share. Andrew Jackson played a major role in this time period and was a “forceful proponent of Indian removal (Indian).” From 1814 to 1824, Jackson was instrumental in negotiating nine out of eleven treaties which took the eastern lands from the Indians in…

In “The Gospel of Wealth” by Andrew Carnegies, he highlights how it is the duty of the capitalist who has amassed great fortune during their lifetime, to give back to those who are less fortunes. Carnegie proposes on three main ideas of how wealth should be properly administrated. Although Carnegie’s arguments can be looked at as a double edged sword. One edge showing Carnegie as an ideal example, while the other would show Carnegie as an egotistical and ruthless businessman who will slash their…

During the late 1800’s and early 1900’s many men had different views on the poor and the wealthy. Here we will go over Russell Conwell’s Acres of Diamonds as well as Samuel Gomper’s What Does the Working Man Want? A significant example of Conwell’s belief is when he says . “I say that you ought to get rich, and it is your duty to get rich.” It is a man’s responsibility to go out and work for his riches. To look around him and to use what he has at hand to earn a living. By hard work and…

take advantage of others misfortune. They capitalized on the fact that there was little regulations in place governing pay and worker's rights. They did have a lot of power and wealth and used it to control the labor market and stifle competition. Andrew Carnegie had humble beginnings, at age thirteen he emigrated to the United States from Scotland. He created a company that controlled every aspect of steel production. Which at this time time was a huge deal with the need for steel. John…

Defining robber baron, in some cases it’s an opinion. I can think a robber baron is just some cheapskate that sells fake shoes online, or a boss at Mcdonald's who doesn’t give raises, or a drug lord. But the actual definition is a an american capitalists who made a fortune in the late 19th century by ruthless, or unright things. Then there are the captains of industry. Men/women, who have made a fortune by positively helping out other people, their country, and their country's economy. The…

What impact did industrialist have on the gilded age. Well they were the impact. Industrialist provide the people of the gilded age with the jobs, money, and an easier life. During the gilded age many things were industrialized. Andrew Carnegie made the production of steel ninety-six times faster. what was done in one day was done in fifteen minutes. Vanderbilt went from a young boy fighting in the streets to the richest man alive owning almost all the railroads in america. John D. Rockefeller…

There were many conditions that allowed for early Americans to mistreat the Native American Indians, two of them being the supposedly superior culture of Americans, and the differences in the culture of the Native American Indians. During the time of the Indian removal, Americans had an established government, a set of laws, and advanced technology. They looked at the Native American Indians and saw a people that hunted with bows and arrows, that didn’t have any rules or laws, and that were wild…

The Indian Trail Of Tears Close one’s eyes and imagine that the government move’s one out of his/her home because one is considered a problem. In May of 1830, President Andrew Jackson issued The Indian Removal Act also known as The Trail of Tears, to fix the Native American Problem (pg.293). The Indian Removal Act is the government’s solution to the problem. The Indian Removal Act is an important part of Native American History because of how it took place, why it took place and what happened as…

The Life of Andrew Jackson by John Spencer Bassett in Archon Books, page 156-157). Andrew Jackson should not be let in the Presidential Hall of Fame, From his way of the democracy and the spoils system, to his treatment of the Native Americans. Not to mention his immaturity of blaming the bank for his own personal financial problems.. These are just the basics of how Jackson should not have the privilege to be in the Presidential Hall of Fame, and my proof is in this essay. Andrew…