Army of the Tennessee

The events of the Trail of Tears are some of the most tragic in the history of the country, but also the least talked about. While Native American relocation took roughly two years, the events that led to the removal of the Native Americans from their land can be traced back decades. From Andrew Jackson’s treaty after the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, to the establishment of a new Cherokee capital in Oklahoma, the story of Indian relocation is a sad one but is still an ultimately American one. The…

The Meaning of a Name The Story of My Search What is in a name? People say that a picture is worth a thousand words. I say that a name is worth a thousand words. My question, though, is what are those words? This was my quest, my search. A search that took me farther down the rabbit hole than I had ever intended it to. My search took me through the etymology and mythology of my name. Through the pages of a book, to the deep reaches of the Internet, and all the way to my mother’s spoken…

However, the majority of the battles took place in Virginia and Tennessee. While battles were fought as far North as Pennsylvania, no battles took place in Auburn, or the rest of New York, for that matter. However, New York still had significant involvement in the Civil War and played an important role. For example, New…

were the first seven states the seceded from the Union and carried on with their own political affairs and government hence leading to the Civil War. After the War began in 1861, the seven states were joined by four other southern states, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Arkansas. These eleven states formed the Confederate States of America while the rest of the other states remained with the Union. From a Utilitarian point of view, The Southern states were not justified for seceding,…

government’s attack on Native Americans was terrible because of false laws created, rebellious wars fought, and marches that resulted in disease, death, and despair. Andrew Jackson had always been an advocate for Native American removal. While he was in the army he fought a war against Native Americans resisting to surrender their land. In 1814 Andrew Jackson commanded military forces to defeat…

Chapter one is titled, The Logic of American Politics, and in this chapter a lot is discussed and explained. For example, the midterm election results were mentioned, which was in 2010, and for the Democrats there was no easy way to put that election to them. All President Barack Obama was able to tell the press was to “acknowledge the “shellacking” his party took.” Next was the tax breaks, ending the tax break was simple, Congress had to do nothing. Eventually the law would expire, and the…

African Americans have had it hard ever since we arrived to the New World that we now call the Americas; we have been abused and demeaned beyond despair. For centuries, we have been fighting to be treated as we deserved, but laws along with intimidation in addition to everything else harmful to African Americans were set forth to keep them from advancing as a whole. Fast forward to the president election of 1860: Stephen Douglass vs Abraham Lincoln. Although some businesses up North benefitted…

alienated his life. Elvis Presley was on born January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi (Editors 1). In fact, Presley was sadly a twin but his brother Jessie Garon was stillborn making Elvis the only child. In 1948, his parents and him moved to Memphis, Tennessee. Gladly Presley and Elvis frequently attended the assembly of God Church where gospel music became important (Editors 1). On his 11th birthday Elvis got a guitar for his birthday present which he had learned the basic cord. He wanted to…

Tennessee Williams’ “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” challenges gender identity with the atypical American husband and wife role representation. In class we have previously discussed the division of the American family as it is represented in “Death of a salesman” due to the inadequacy the men felt within that show. Now in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”, the same lack of personal acceptance is in not just in the men but also the women. The stereotypical roles of marriage call the husband to be the breadwinner…

The Reconstruction Era lasted from 1865 to 1877, and was focused on getting African Americans equality. After the Civil war was over, and all of the slaves were free, The South was severely in debt and could no longer make a profit due to most of the work being done by slaves and the war destroying fields, as well as the need for cotton lessening, and they blamed the African Americans on it and treated them worse than before. Some of the stuff that happened during this time improved conditions…