Army of Tennessee

Since the arrival of white settlers the Natives lost not only their lands, but their identities, culture, beliefs, and freedom. In 1928, the Institute for Government Research, at the request of the Secretary of the Interior, organized a team to gather information and report the conditions of the natives across the country, this become known as the Meriam Report (Galloway 2012). The realities of the laws and policies enacted by Congress, such as the Dawes act, showed how horrific the Natives…

As per my The history of the American West is often overshadowed by the romantic mythology surrounding the era. It would be hard to ignore the influence of Sam Houston on many aspects of American history from Tennessee to Washington and of course, his adopted home of Texas. Campbell seems to fall into the trap of many biographers and veer off the course of serious historian, presenting us instead with an easy to read novel presenting his hero as larger than life. The life of Sam Houston does…

was a group of southern resistance and white supremacists that were ultra-conservative against the forces of diversity, equality, and modernity that was transforming American culture. They were founded as a post civil war group in 1866 in Pulaski Tennessee, by confederate veterans. Nathan Bedford Forrest was chosen as their first leader or “grand wizard”. Now the first two words of the name Ku Klux is said to derive from a Greek word “Kyklos” meaning circle. Which is fitting to the idea of the…

Commissioner of Indian Affairs Luke Lea set forth the doctrine in 1851 by calling for the Indians' "concentration, their domestication, and their incorporation." Reservations were the instruments to achieve this goal.256 There were forces other than Army bullets that brought an end to the Native way of life.257 The transcontinental railroad had been completed in 1869, bringing additional immigrants to the West.258 At the same time, the systematic destruction of the massive buffalo herds…

of New Orleans. After that he ran for president but lost election, he tried again and he won. Next he passed the Indian Removal Act. While the Indian Removal act was trying to get passed he came up with the Spoil System. Then he died in 1845 in Tennessee. The 20 dollar bill. It was created in 1861, but at first Andrew Jackson was not on there. The first person that was on the 20 dollar bill was Alexander Stephens, Vice- President of the Confederate States, and women. I wonder why did they ever…

This Allotment Act intended to dissolve the collective relationship to land that was fundamental of traditional cultures by imposing the allegedly superior Anglo-Saxon system of individuated property ownership . Allotments of land was not a new idea. It was, at the time, in place for the Indians to take up a plot of land and to farm like their white neighbors. The first indication that allotments might become a national policy in the U.S, was with President Chester Arthur. Arthur would deliver…

Envision a world where you are forced away from your homeland by people you don’t even know, then to be put onto a different land that you can’t even live on. Well, this was reality for the Native Americans in Western Washington. In 1887, The Dawes Act was conceived from a congressman, Henry Dawes. The Dawes Act purpose was to give each head of a Native American family an allotment of land which they would farm and learn how to live a “civilized” life on. The Dawes Act was not an honest attempt…

The federal government in America wanted to assimilate western Indians into American society in the 19th Century. There were advantages, harm, and different perspectives of how it was viewed. Three advantages of the assimilation were the increase of student’s rate of ethnic backgrounds, end the cultural genocide of American Indians, and prevent the violence of the Natives. The rates of students with ethnic backgrounds increased with assimilation. People from the Native were gathered together.…

Last of all, opponents to Meacham may find Jackson’s biography to be inaccurate in portraying Jackson’s motives and goals: to become the voice of the people (Meacham 46). They could argue that Jackson ignored of the Southern plight during the Nullification Crisis and that he could have listened to its people to deal with the situation easier and that most of his actions seemed corrupt; however, Jackson did in fact succeed in increasing the average person’s voice into the government. Though he…

The second article does not have a title, but it is classified as Article 7. It was written by Andrew L. Yarrow, which was published in 1984. After the Trail of Tears, Native Indians were left helplessly to survive. All they had was a piece of land, the Earth. But having nothing did not stop Native Americans from getting up on their feet and create another strong and powerful nation. After many generations where they carried abundant amount of barriers and adversities, the Cherokee had succeed…