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    theirs. 2. Over time, the government's Indian policy changed. What became the government's new policy? The Treaty of Echota is about the Cherokee Nation agreeing to move westward. What events and/or people may have triggered these changes? Andrew Jackson 3. Can you propose an alternative policy for conducting relations with the Cherokee that would have resulted in fewer casualties and less conflict? If the United States just left the Native Americans alone and found other lands to settle on. …

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    In “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursala Le Guin, they are different and similar in ways that one person is being sacrificed for happiness. Sacrifice in “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” if for the happiness of the entire town. Adults in this story see a child suffer and just let it pass by like it’s an everyday ordeal. In this story it is thought the child suffering is an everyday thing. “Their happiness… depend wholly on this child’s abominable…

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    has their own unique role in society. Men, women, and children have separate but intertwined lives that play out on a daily basis. This concept is commonly expressed in literature. One author who clarifies the role of each counterpart is Shirley Jackson: mother and author of The Lottery. In Jackson’s novel, the social and business roles of men, women, and children are clearly defined. The role of men in this novel is to lead their household. Mr. Summers says, “‘Now, I'll read the names-heads of…

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    hand, James Jackson was involved in overturning these land sales. Only to eventually turn events around on himself, Jackson quickly gained allies to try and control the legislature for an anti-Yazoo campaign. These events caused Georgia to expand and approximately claim unnecessary lands in Indian territories, causing conflicts and scandals. After the American Revolution, many white Americans wanted to expand Georgia over into Indian territories.…

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    Americans said anything in there way will be removed. Manifest Destiny affected minority populations in the United States because of the Indian Removal Act, Mexican-American War, and the Dawes Act. The Indian Removal Act was signed in office by Andrew Jackson. The Indian Removal Act was where Americans/whites could remove Indians or Native Americans off their land with or without anything. This affected Native Americans because…

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    There have been many famous and well-known politicians throughout American history, such as, the Founding Fathers, John F. Kennedy, and most recently Barack Obama. However, there is also one 19TH century politician that remains highly notable among all the others. This man is William “Boss” Tweed, who the American people remember as one if not the most corrupt politicians of his century. Even though William “Boss” Tweed notoriously known for taking control of Tammany Hall, it is equally…

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    Westward Expansion Vocabulary Rewrite the definition in your own words. Remember you cannot use any form of the word being defined in your defintion. Term / Concepts Dictionary Definition Your Definition - Remember you cannot use any form of the word being defined in your definition. Change To become different over time. To be different from what it was. Compromise An agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions. Settle something between both…

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    Did you know that the indians had massacred men, women, and children during 1812? The cherokee Indians were given the option to move to the indian territory in Louisiana. So the americans can have the georgia state and that they didn’t like the fact that the indians had killed people. So the americans wanted them to move to an indian territory so they wouldn’t have to kill the americans. They were also given money and a large land but if they didn’t move then they would have to follow the laws…

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    “coincidently”chosen to be stone to death right after she spoke up against the terrible ritual that is done every year. “ ‘It isn't fair,’ she said. A stone hit her on the side of the head. Old Man Warner was saying, ‘Come on, come on, everyone.’(Jackson 34) To abbreviate the author reinforces that if you were to speak out against something the world will do what it has to do to shut you up.The world isolates you,removes you,and in Tessie’s case kill you. This idea that the world isolates…

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    Jackson's Martial Army

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    According to one source, Jackson “showed an intuitive grasp of strategy and tactics and built an outstanding intelligence network of native and white spies” (Hickey, 2014, p. 60). In knowing that the British forces outnumbered his forces, he recruited free blacks, refugees from Haiti, Baratarian Pirates, Louisiana militia, Tennessee and Mississippi volunteers and militia. This was only the start of Jacksons plans. Jackson would soon declare Martial Law so that he could turn the state of…

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