Oklahoma Territory

John Ross was elected Principal Chief of the new Cherokee Nation in August 139. The Cherokee built a new capital Tahlequah in Oklahoma. The Cherokee leaders that had signed the New Echota Treaty were hunted and killed for treason. Even if all the Fives Civilized Tribes were removed by force from their original lands and lost many of their members, the Cherokees suffered the most…

The Trail of Tears occurred in 1830 when President Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The Indian tribes were forced off their land and moved to Oklahoma. Thousands of Native Americans died on this trip. The white man hated the Indians; therefore, they forced the Native Americans to move. However, to understand the full extent of this hatred we need to look back at when the colonist first came in 1607 to establish Jamestown, Virginia was settled. We also need to look at the…

which poured out hot streams of burning liquid. Hand to hand combat raged on for many days. Then the soldiers’ bullets ran out, the opponents used knives and bayonets. It took the American three full days to capture a mere seven hundred yards of territory. “During the morning of February 23rd, a marine patrol fought its way to the summit of Mount Suribachi and raised the U.S. flag. One of those men who raised the flag was named Ira Hayes. Ira Hayes is a full-blooded member of the small Pima…

The idea of Manifest Destiny emerged during the time of the Mexican-American War as a term coined for how America was obliged or destined to spread its influence across the entire continent based off a divine will (Manifest). Rather than call it American Imperialism, the term Manifest Destiny emerged to mask the real intentions behind American expansionism in the 19th century. Comparable to how the term “Manifest Destiny” originated, through the acquisition of new land post-Mexican-American…

horrible to be true. But this did happen. It was called the Indian Removal Act that took place in 1838, where over 15,000 Cherokee Indians were forcefully removed from their homes and sent on a brutal journey almost 1,000 miles long to present day Oklahoma. This journey is known as the Trail of Tears, since so many…

Pearl Harbor As does a bottle of shaken soda, the tension between americans and Japanese fizzed to the explosion, while the U.S. tried to stay away from the World War the Japanese thought they had the perfect chance to knock America out completely, like Muhammad Ali k.o.’s his opponents. The Japanese and Americans had had problems dating back to the late 1800’s when an american naval captain forced japan to become social with the outside world. That event could have been what led Japan to the…

"Should be solve the cause or find a solution to the consequence?!" “ALONE AND UNREPRESENTED” From the moment we arrive at this world we are influenced by the culture and society around us. Our personalities and the way we generate behaviors are shaped by the culture surrounding us. All cultures/societies have ethical and moral systems that affect how people make decisions and lead their lives. The term ethic “derived from the Greek ethos which can mean custom, habitat, character or disposition…

The Western United States, commonly referred to as the American West, traditionally refers to the region comprising of the westernmost states of the United States. European settlement in the United States expanded westward after its founding, meaning that the meanings of the West has evolved over time. The history of the American West in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries has acquired a cultural mythos in the literature of the United States, The image of the cowboy, the homesteader and…

Native American Policies during the Gilded Age Anthony Ciccariello 01 May 2016 HIST407 D001 American Military University Since the North American continent was discovered and inhabited by Europeans there was a distance or gap of misunderstanding between the settlers and the indigenous people. This distance and difference in way of life did not end after the inhabitants created their own country and won their independence from the Great Britain. The American government and the people of the…

America, the richest country in the world, and the most successful lasting democracy. From 1776, the U.S. has withstood a Civil War, political turmoil, social injustice and much more. In The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli, he describes what makes a poor ruler versus what makes a great ruler. Even in a democracy like America, there are many similarities and differences between The Prince and the past two presidents in America. The United States has, also, followed parts of what Machiavelli has…