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2016 Andrew Jackson Born on March 15, 1767, Andrew Jackson was elected as the seventh president of the United States of America in the presidential election of 1828. He was born near the colonial areas or Waxhaws region between the South Carolina and North Carolina. He was the earliest founder of the major dominant party of the United States of America I.e. Democratic Party. Most of the times in his life, he supported for liberty among individuals and formulated new policies regarding the…

Folk Medicine and the Impact on Modern Medicine Recently, studies of folklore continue being an interesting topic for many scholars. Examples of Folklore include songs, art, stories, myths and medicine. Medicine being one of the most important, since the importance of keeping a cultural based is essential to many Native Americans, who continue being impacted with today’s medical era. Today, modern medicine has been the hope for many ill patients. People have more access to different types of…

The American flag is seen as one of the largest icons of America still to this day. The American flag we see today consists of thirteen stripes and fifty stars, and it was created in 1777 on June fourteenth. In this version, the thirteen stripes represent the thirteen colonies and the stars represent the fifty states. The colors on the flag also have their own meanings; white stands for innocence, red stands for valor, and blue stands for perseverance. The flag was created by the Continental…

Racial Segregation was a huge problem in the south during the 1960’s. African Americans were treated very differently then White Americans. Blacks and Whites had to be segregated in public bathrooms, public places, public transportations, public restrooms, and public restaurants. It was a very hard time for African Americans because they couldn’t get jobs and they weren’t treated right. A lot of times they were met with violence even though they were doing non-violent acts. On February 1st,…

and brought over in ships to North America (The 13 Colonies later known as North America). They were auctioned off to colonists and made to perform manual labor without any source of pay. Slavery was legal in the 13 colonies, but it became more prominent in the southern colonies. The slaves would worked in fields of huge plantations. They usually had only one or two enslaved workers, or none at all. Some people called for the abolition of slavery. States in the North…

Even fewer states have Good Samaritan laws that protect IDUs by allowing those with drug paraphernalia to return it to the police without any consequence or contain exceptions that protect those that operate SSPs, currently only Maryland and North Carolina have laws like that. It is necessary that future endeavors address the legal barriers against SSPs and IDUs in general. And with that in mind each of these states is taking measures to either engage legal actors or subvert the law. In…

The story of America is a brutal mess. From leaving the home country of Great Britain to moving and creating a whole new life in the newly discovered world. This country has changed from the beginning of the original thirteen colonies, but some see it as the same. Patriotism. A weird word to say, for me at least, about the brutal country. People use the word patriotism as an excuse to be crazy. A patriot is someone who takes pride in the nation they call the United States of America.…

Some of his decisions made him successful in his life as a politician but many believe that some of his other choices made him a terrible President which people consider him to be a failure. Andrew Jackson was born on March 15th, 1767 in South Carolina. One notable event in Andrew Jackson's life was when he was captured at the age of 13 by the British and was imprisoned.…

“Love Yourz,” J. Cole empowers his viewers to love life through the struggle by rapping about his own life of hardship. Jermaine Lamarr Cole, formally known by his stage name J. Cole, is an African-American hip-hop artist from Fayetteville, North Carolina. He first rose to stardom when he released the song “Work Out,” it achieved great…

stopped, however, by Vitachuco, the ruler of the area. Vitachuco sinisterly led Hernando de Soto and his men into a trap. He planned to kill them off, but because of the European’s horses and advanced weaponry, de Soto emerged victorious. Heading north, they wintered in the town of Apalachee (Tallahassee). When the winter ended in March 1540, the troops continued northward. They reached central Mississippi in December of 1540, where they wintered again. Upon the arrival of spring, they…