Homestead

“Is it there yet?” is the text message my mom received from me for over two consecutive months. My mom works close to home and would take her lunch break the same time every day. During her lunch break was also the same time the Karen, the mail women would drop off the mail. Since I knew that the mail was dropped off, I knew I would not be able to concentrate for the rest of the school day not knowing if my acceptance or denial letter was sitting at home. Finally, one day the response to the…

by one persons thoughts and ideas being put into place, some of the actions that affected America the most were the Dawes and homestead Acts, Jim crow Laws, and new technology, inventions and the building of railroads. To begin with, during this age congress passed two acts to greatly enhance the life of American citizens know as the Homestead and Dawns acts. The Homestead Act of May 1862 allowed for settlement in western part of United States for any American including free slaves and gave each…

Nathan Grant Mrs. Shew English 3 11 April 2024 Carnegie mini-Q A hero has integrity, courage, and charisma and will face any challenge head-on and pursue greatness no matter what is in their way. Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist who played a big role in American history. Carnegie was known for his wealth and generosity in building schools and libraries. Carnegie was not a hero because he overworked people, he was directly tied to the Johnstown flood. He…

education because it often leads to a better future. John and his brother David are constantly learning throughout their childhood on the homestead in Wisconsin. Because of John's value for education he creates incredible inventions, becomes a great botanist, and helps create many National Parks we have today. While John was living on the Wisconsin homestead with his family he studied geometry,…

And out he stalked as a mountain lion exalt in his power strides through the wind and rain as his eyes blaze and he charges sheep or oxen or chases wild deer but his hunger drives him on to go for flocks, even to raid the best-defended homestead. So odysseus moved out.. About to mingle with all those lovely girls, naked now as he was, for the need drove him on, a terrible sight, all crusted, caked with brine -- the scattered in panic down the jutting beaches. (6,172,141-151) This passage…

In the late 1800’s, Americans expanded their settlements into the western part of their country. This land was traditionally used by American Indian before the Americans claimed it, but since Americans believed in manifest destiny, with the help of the federal government, the ambitious land hungry Americans won several wats against the Indian tribes to claim the land. By losing this war, the Indians were forced to live on government-controlled reservations. This land offered limitless…

1. 14th Amendment The 14th Amendment was passed in 1866, it grants citizenship to every person born in the United States or naturalize citizens which include former slaves. The Amendment also granted every person in the county equal rights and the same benefits of all laws in the constitution. It forbade the government from taking liberty, property, and denying anyone from equal rights. When the Amendment first landed on President Andrew Johnson’s desk, he vetoed it. He felt that it gives…

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west of the Mississippi river. Explorers saw and increase in grassland and decrease in forest. The farmers from the east moved west to “The Promised Land” to reap the benefits of the prairie lands. To increase the development congress passed the Homestead Act of 1862. This act gave people the ability to obtain 160 acres of prairie as long as they occupied and developed the land for five years. The population of the U.S. was increasing and the government needed to set the stage for commercial…

The term “Manifest Destiny” is defined as ‘obvious’ or ‘justified’ fate. First coined by John O’Sullivan, the term also foretold the duties and responsibilities that the Americans at the time. New lands and peoples were to be exposed to the blessings of democracy, some calling it a “great experiment of liberty”. The Manifest Destiny took many forms, like treaties, war, and settlement. Expansion during the 1800’s was deemed inevitable for many reasons. After January 1848, many fortune-thirsty…