Nashville, Tennessee

George Davis: The Man and The Monument. Throughout the south, there are countless confederate monuments, parks, statues, and landmarks. In Charlottesville, Virginia, these monuments are being taken down, which begs the question, should all monuments representing the confederacy be removed? In the historic area of downtown Wilmington, various monuments are on display honoring confederate soldiers and landmarks. Such landmarks are seen by some as a symbol of rich southern history from the Civil…

The United States of America has run on the thought that they will never have a king, yet they are essentially being ruled by a king. Jackson is the President of the United States and in his actions, acted like a king. President Andrew Jackson was unconstitutional because he went against the supreme court, threatened South Carolina, and went against the just and liberal policy with the Native Americans. President Jackson was unconstitutional because he went against the Supreme Court. “The bank,…

Was Andrew Jackson the best President the United States has ever had? The answer is what you believe and who you ask. Jackson was the seventh President of the United States. He was voted in for two terms. Even though Jackson did all the things that he said he was going to do – which rarely happens – he wasn’t the all humble and kind person every thought he was. Jackson was part of the Nullification Crisis, The Bank War and the Trail of Tears. Andrew Jackson made decisions that mostly had…

Andrew Jackson may have been one of the most controversial presidents, because of the great and terrible things he did during his presidency. Some people believe that he was a villain. They think that he was a barbarian that wasn’t fit for the presidency. On the other hand, there are those who believe Jackson did great things for our country. They believe that he improved our country as a whole. The truth is that Andrew Jackson was guilty of degrading the office of the presidency, for he…

21, 1800 at Knoxville, Tennessee. His parents were Jacob Blount Sr. and Barbara Gray Blount, he had two sibling’s name, Willie Blount and Thomas Blount. He also worked in the family business and later on he joined in on the American Revolution as the paymaster of the third regiment. “After winning are independent William got married to Mary Grainier and the had six childrens and out of those six children William and Mary had only one went on and was outstanding in Tennessee politics. Blount was…

The Marshall Trilogy, which is comprised of three Supreme Court cases that took place during the early nineteenth century, was a significant influence in the formation of federal Indian Law. Through observing the language of federal Indian policy at this point in history, such as in the Marshall Trilogy, one can acquire a greater understanding of how Indian Nations were treated by the United States, and as a result see the ongoing negative effects that it has had on Native American society in…

When South Carolina first held a convention to consider secession, they voted unanimously to leave the Union and by February 1, they had six followers; Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. These states then formed the Confederate States of America. The secession is very symbolic of the divide that was already present between the North and the South. It showed who was for the Union and who was against it. If the Confederate States of America would have been any weaker…

Andrew Jackson, a strong-willed, stubborn, selfish man who only listened to himself and ignored the opinions of others, won his way into presidency during the election of 1828. Throughout his presidency Andrew Jackson made some horrible choices, that affected the country in negative ways. People were killed, orders were ignored, laws were broken, amendments were violated, all because of the choices he made. Even before his presidency he was a cruel man, that deserved punishment. Thomas Jefferson…

Imagine not having to work, no mortgage, no car payments, no hospital bills or even college debt, no paying for anything basically being stress free. How does that make you feel? Happy right? Essentially people think about different objects or activities that make each of them happy. "The ‘‘pursuit of happiness’’ is an American cultural obsession..."(Sheldon & Lyubomirsky ) .Being happy is a state that everyone of us want to be in but no one really knows what makes people genuinely happy. I like…

Trail of Tears The trail of tears is one of the saddest and darkest chapters in American history. The trail of tears was part of the Indian removal act. Thousands of Indians against their will were forced to leave their homes and travel westward. Very few escaped this removal. There were five great Indian tribes that were affected by the Indian removal act. The Cherokee being the most notable and famous of the five great nations, and the only tribe to take their case to the Supreme Court. The…