Oklahoma Territory

of Pearl Harbor all started because the United States was unhappy with Japan’s attitude towards China. Japan wanted to take over Chinese territory and import market. In 1973, Japan declared war on China. Unhappy American officials put economic sanctions and trade embargos on Japan. American officials never thought Japan would start war on U.S. territory. It would be inconvient, and American officials were confident if there was an…

United States. Since the early part of the 1960’s America has had to deal with this threat in some form or fashion. Civil disturbances of the 1960’s, the frequency of terrorist acts in the 1970’s, illegal drug use in the 1980’s. The 1995 bombing in Oklahoma City, no one will ever forget the bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City on 9-11. Now in 2015 we face Cyber Terrorism, the threats looming in the near future are more sinister and sophisticated. The most perilous now is the…

machines, one-trim specialization, non-inhabitant cultivating, and soil manhandle were substantial dangers to the American horticulture, yet it was the free enterprise financial esteems behind these land misuses that drove the plainsmen from their territory and made the Dust Bowl. In the long run, following quite…

The Munsee people were considered the Wolf clan. They were known to be the oldest clan within the Pennsylvanian and New York territory. The Munsee people were the hunters and meat gatherers in the Munsee Country. Within their clan, the matrilineal line played an important role in their heritage, status, and identity. Each clan or phratries took on the women’s last name. They traced…

decisions Andrew Jackson made at the time were with the best intentions for the United States. The Indian Removal Act of 1830, also known as the Trail of Tears, was the forced removal of Indians from their homes to the state of Oklahoma, which was considered Indian territory at the time.…

Introduction Samuel Moore Walton was an American entrepreneur and founder of Wal-Mart and Sam's Club retail stores and at a time was the richest man in United States. Sam Walton was born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma in 1918. He opened the first Wal-Mart in 1962. The discount chain expanded internationally over the next 30 years, growing into the world’s largest company by 2010. Walton stepped down as CEO in 1988 (Forbes 1997), at the age of 70 (Biography 2015), but remained active in the company…

and the United States of America. It was the first treaty regarding the relocation of Native Americans under the direction of the Indian Removal Act. The treaty replaced 11 million acres of Choctaw land for 15 million acres of land in what is now Oklahoma. The Choctaw chiefs negotiated with the American government about when their tribe would have to leave, George Gaines felt it was best if a third of the Choctaw population would leave in 1831, and the others in 1832 and 1833. This was finally…

During the nineteenth century, the United States expanded westward at a dramatic pace leading to conflict with American Indians and pushing them away from the Atlantic Ocean. Americans wanted to boost their economy to build more industries, so they passed acts and laws to push Natives out of the settlements to make way for the immigrants. The European immigrants were knowledgeable and had more experience working than the Indians. Indians lived their own lives, and did not contributed much to the…

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was a “mandatory relocation of eastern tribes to territories west of the Mississippi” (Roark). The removal act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson under the belief and goal that it would be beneficial to the Indians and save them. Being such a controversial issue during the time, the act affected both Native and White Americans in ways that to a certain degree are still being dealt with today. Between money, land grants and Tribal Recognition, the…

The original thirteen colonies of the United States were settled along the east coast of North America. For many years, few colonists went beyond the Appalachian Mountains. However, as the country gained independence and continued to grow, more land was needed. In the early 18th century the country began to expand into the west even further because many people needed new land to farm and hunt. This called great disturbance to many Native tribes. The Cherokee tribe decided to fight back to keep…