Battle of Fort Henry

On March 2, 1917, President Wilson issued a declaration of war against Germany, officially entering World War I that he pledged to keep the country out of. To achieve maximum strength to fight against the Germans, The U.S mobilized the whole nation for war with a draft that including Americans of all races. Many blacks contested World War I, arguing why fight for democracy in Europe while African Americans remain second class citizens in the United States. Others believed that if blacks served…

had the upper hand with more men to fight, but lost their advantage by 1795. General Anthony Wayne had assembled a strong legion of 5,000 strong just south of Detroit against the 3,000 Shawnee, Ottawa, Potawatomi warriors and Canadian militias. The battle of Fallen Timbers was lost by Little Turtle; the Treaty of Greenville was signed in August 1795, surrendering all of modern day Ohio to the…

Good morning, you are tuning into Category 4 news, today we will be talking about Benedict Arnold the American Traitor, the Sons of Liberty, the Advantages of the British and Americans, Yorktown, Treaty of Paris, Women’s Contributions, and African American Contributions. Anthony(Benedict Arnold): Benedict Arnold was born on January 14, 1741. He grew up in Connecticut, he also had five brothers and sisters, but one of his sisters died from yellow fever at a very young age. He began his business…

longer as effective as it had once been, a development seen especially in the events of the Pottawatomie Massacre. The massacre took place from May 24th to May 25th, 1856 and is considered one of the most noted massacres that occurred during the battles of Bleeding Kansas. It resulted in the death of five proslavery men, which caused outrage amongst the slavery supporters (McPherson). The Pottawatomie Massacre began to illuminate the flaws in the idea of compromise. John Brown was incredibly…

was the foundation of the business relationship that once existed between Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick. They both exhibited extreme business practices that tied them together, but also tore them apart. Their mindset for business expansion and longevity are the theories that modern day companies can thrive to achieve. “N one was more important to the “Iron City” than Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick, whose operations in the city had more than quadrupled their output in the previous…

promote the bank to the Northeastern industries. Andrew Jackson hated the bank; he saw it as ¨undemocratic¨ and represented the “moneyed aristocracy” he called the bank a ¨monster¨ and it “threatened to control the government and its character.” Henry Clay and Daniel Webster were aware of how jackson felt towards the bank, their plan of action was to strengthen the bank and to embarrass Jackson at the same time. Clay and Webster drafted a bill rechartering the bank. They reasoned that if…

He won, and was entered into the 80th Congress in January 1947, at the age of 29. He was reelected in 1948 and 1950 to the House of Representatives. A couple years later in 1952 Kennedy ran for Senate and beat Republican Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. As if things were not going well enough for him already, in 1953 he married a beautiful young journalist, Jacqueline Lee Bouvier. Shortly after his marriage, Kennedy had to undergo a painful operation on his back. Throughout his time…

Imagine that day, all eyes on you in the courtroom. You have been through so much and you finally think you are going to be freed. Then you are told that you don’t even have a right to a trial because you aren’t a citizen. The anger you must feel to do so much and just be shut down like it was nothing. This is how Dred Scott must have felt when the Supreme Court ruled against him. Even though slavery was seen as an evil, The Dred Scott decision stated that no slave can be a citizen, they cannot…

During the civil war you might have heard of many brave American Union soldiers but not many people today know that many of the soldiers included not only African Americans and Americans but also Native Americans. During the Civil War there were many different tribes that fought a long side Union and Confederate. Some of these tribes included the Kaw also known now as the Kanza or Kansa. Throughout the Civil War many tribes changed some fought and some just allied themselves to become closer to…

defense at the Pine Ridge Agency under Chief Red Cloud. In Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1879, 82 Indian children were enrolled with Richard Henry Pratt in order to start a new school, which came out as the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. While there, Pratt applied his educational and theoretical knowledge, hence he was earlier supervising 72 St. Augustine prisoners at Fort Marion. The Dawes Severalty Act occurred in 1887, where the United States’ president crafted lands ruled by the Indians…