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“Fearless, principled, and damaged, Andrew Jackson was one of the fiercest and most controversial men ever to serve as president of the United States” (Wilentz 2). According to Sean Wilentz, he actually “came to be regarded, for better or worse, as the embodiment of the democratic idea” (8). This is inherently true as Jackson himself personified the American Paradox, wherein the country openly participated in the enslaving of millions while touting their democracy and the inalienable human…

America between the US and Spain and was an aftereffect of expanding strain between the US and Spain in regards to regional rights during a period of debilitated Spanish power. It also established the western boundary for the U.S. and prevented Seminoles from invading Georgia. The aim of the treaty was to draw a definite border between Spanish land and the Louisiana Territory through the Rocky Mountains and west to the Pacific Ocean. Another policy, called the Missouri Compromise, was an…

In the 19th century, territorial expansion played an important role in the United States. The American people adopted an audacious attitude believing that they had a divine obligation to stretch their boundaries from the east coast to the west coast. In 1845 an editor and prominent democratic politician, John L. O’Sullivan, published an article on the annexation of Texas identifying the imperialistic endeavors of the U.S. with the phrase: Manifest Destiny. He stated, “Our manifest destiny is to…

2686 – MGF1106-(Online) College Mathematics Seminole State College Professor Kristine Buddemeyer Module 14th-Mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya Marisol “Brava” Reyes April 20th, 2016 Sofia Kovalevskaya or Sonia Kovalevsky (also known as); was an exceptional woman from the 19th century who ameliorated the path for women in the fields of sciences and mathematics. She was not only a preeminent mathematician and writer, but also a dedicated women’s rights advocate. She opened the door for…

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 resulted in the forced removal of the Cherokee, Seminole, Choctaw, Creek and Chickasaw tribes from their homelands in Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Alabama to western land. Colonists had been wanting the land held by the Native Americans for a long time, and when Andrew Jackson came into the presidency, he made their dream of owning it a reality – at the expense of the Native Americans. The Indian Removal Act should never have passed, as it was…

One of the most overlooked, dumbfounding, and blatant examples of stereotypes still accepted in American today is the American Indian mascot. From the little league fields of suburbia to Major League Baseball stadiums - from Pop Warner to the hallowed grounds of FedEx Field, home of the National Football League’s Washington D.C. Redskins - for decades American Indians have been harmed and overlooked by the disregard of their culture by representing teams as nothing more than a mascot. The…

Picture this: you wake up one morning thinking it’s just going to be a normal day, but then, everything changes. Generals start invading your home and drag you off your front porch and tell you that you can’t live on this land anymore; that it is now for other people to use and have. You can’t grab anything to bring with you. All you have are the clothes and shoes that you have on, nothing more. Think about that. It almost seems too horrible to be true. But this did happen. It was called the…

Was Andrew Jackson a “good” president? The presidency of Andrew Jackson has sparked controversy as to whether or not he really was the patriotic war-hero many have made him out to be. Despite the speculation of Jackson’s success as president, it can be agreed upon that Andrew Jackson made great strides for the United States during his imperfect presidency. Andrew Jackson accomplished much during the two terms he served as president. One notable feat of Jackson was that he was able to pay off…

American Tradition Over the past decade, it has become more and more apparent that traditions in sports, specifically football, have been undermined by political correctness in America. Nicknames for football teams such as Savages, Blackhawks, Seminoles, and Redskins have long been integrated into the core of the sport and are still to this day are highly common nickname for teams at the high school, collegiate, and even professional level. However, the extinction of these names from sports is…

The Indian Removal Act, or Trail of Tears, was a massive forced migration of many Indian tribes in the southeastern United States in the mid 1800’s. The Indian Removal Act caused a massive disturbance in the Native American tribes of the southeast United States. In the early 1830’s thousands of Cherokee Indians lived on a vast expanse of the southeastern United States, however, in the end of the 1840’s hardly any remained as a result of the Indian Removal Act (History). The Indian Removal Act…