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    and thought it was right to remove them from their homes. These people suffered even some them died on their journey. In the end if they did survive the trail their whole lifestyle was changed and they had to adapt. In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson 's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation and other Indian nation were forced to give up their land and to migrate to an established Indian Territory. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its…

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    Benefits Of Coercion

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    Historians face one of the big dilemmas concerning American society that values freedom yet they could support slavery and other forms of coercion such as Indian Removal Act and the forced takeover of Mexican land. Slave owners and supporters believe that the powerful should be free to coerce the less powerful. Those who opposed slavery believed that enslaved people should be free of coercion. There are many reason American society would support slavery have become popular and a mainstream in…

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    Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States of America, he served two terms as a Democratic Republican from 1829-1837. The entire Jackson campaign not only started up revolutionary political election tactics such as rallies, parades, and lavish dinners that supporters paid for, but it also sparked up a whole new era of mass democracy, and gave birth to the political party that we now know as the “Democrats”. Mr. Jackson considered himself, a president for the people, with a…

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    Gilded Age with their powerful and professional business maintenance. The term “robber barons” came from a group of men who criticized the corrupt and inappropriate methods used by businessmen such as J.J. Hill, John D. Rockefeller, and Andrew…

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    Andrew Jackson had an influence on nineteenth-century American Politics and that influence still reigns today. Jackson’s political views were in some ways considered controversial. He was for democracy and the people having the power, he felt strongly that the national bank should be eradicated, and he was for the Indian Removal and keeping the U.S. citizens safe. These would have been considered controversial because some of the political decisions he would make had could have more than one…

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    Topic and Research Question Topic: For my historical event analysis, I have chosen to focus on The Cherokee "Trail of Tears" Research Question: How the Indian Removal Act of 1830 affected the Cherokee? Preliminary Writing Plan Introduction The historical analysis focuses on the topic is “The Cherokee Trail of Tears”; the topic is about a historical event that caused suffering and death of one of the tribes that are native in America. The Cherokee are among the Creeks, the Chickasaw, the…

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    Chief John Ross had a valid and undeniably strong argument against the 1835 Treaty of New Echota. He argues that treaty “is a fraud upon the government of the United States and an act of oppression on the Cherokee people” (John Ross’s Letter). He states that the Cherokee people, which was over 15,000 people, would never had agreed to the treaty and the treaty was made wrongfully. He argues that there should be another meeting and the Cherokee people should be equally consulted. John…

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    When I was 18 I was forced out of my house, my village, my island. Lian Yu was my home for 18 years before I was forced to leave. My island was run by soldiers controlled by the corrupt government. We were heavily watched and had no connection to the outside world. It had been 5 years without a mother or a sister, my sister committed suicide because she couldn’t handle the burden of life, and my mother passed from a sickness she had received when working. Lian Yu was a difficult island to live…

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    My father and I have a strong but unique relationship. My dad is a V.P. at a well-known company, which means he works a lot. We only can spend time with each other a dinner when he is home because he works all day, and is often on business trips, and is on conference calls overseas. Our relationship almost grows stronger because of the lack of time together. My dad has shown me the value of time, the meaning of sacrifice, and the result of hard-work. When he is home, we spend a lot of time…

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    a few that shaped this nation more than others. This country was founded over 200 years ago which gives us plenty to analyze, however, Andrew Jackson is one person in particular who undeniably played a huge role in shaping our country in the 1800s. A man of humble beginning that rose to prominence on the national stage and enacted his policies in a nation. Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1776, on the border of North and South Carolina. He later moved to the Nashville region of Tennessee…

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