Shed a Tear

The Forced relocation of Native Americans better known as the Indian Removal Act of 1830, the Dawes Act and the Indian new deal of 1924. The U.S policies stated towards Native Americans affected them greatly in the 18th and 19th century but continue to impact their lives today. The Indian removal act of 1830, implemented by President Andrew Jackson was placed to force Native Americans to leave their homelands and settle in the Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River, in my opinion…

Being an American means more than just being given an opportunity to live freely. There are numerous hardships that one must strongly endure to call themselves a full-fledged American. Discrimination in the United States was always prevalent in history; however, it reached a high during the 1870s, around the time the Jim Crow Laws had been established in the United States. From then on, America has made steps to reduce this, but it only became worse for minorities before it got better. They had…

Cherokee Indians. The land was very fertile and had good hunting ground for deer and other game. When gold was discovered in Dahlonega, Georgia, the Indians land was claimed by the legislature of Georgia and they were driven away on the Trail of Tears. Rome was founded in 1834. It was in a good area because…

1830, east of the Mississippi, you are a little Indian boy in the midst of playing with his friends on a nice clear day. Suddenly, white soldiers pour into your territory. Those men abruptly pushed you out of your home along with your family. Amongst the yelling of the white soldiers, you hear gunshots echo through your camp. Fellow tribe members fall to the ground, buried in their desperateness to keep their homes. This was called the Indian Removal Act. However, what was the big reason to…

5 important policies imposed on Native Americans: The Indian Removal Act was passed in the US in 1830 to provide legal grounds for the expulsion of Indians from the states east of the Mississippi River. The law authorized the president to begin negotiations with tribes living within the states to exchange their lands for lands purchased in 1803 in the Louisiana Purchase. On February 8, 1887, the US Congress passed the "General Allotment Act". Later, he became widely known as the Dawes Act. The…

In early 1803, Jefferson sent a secret message to congress asking for approximately two thousand five hundred dollars. The money was meant for the Lewis and Clark expedition, to explore what is now the western part of the United States. The reason for making the message secret was to hide what he was really trying to do from his enemies in the Federalist Party. It seems as though Jefferson had no bad intentions behind making the message secret, he was doing it to help the future of America.…

The Cherokee Indians had lived in northwest Georgia, but in the 1800s many whites begin to settle there. Georgia believed the state had the right to this land because it was within the borders of Georgia, but the Cherokee Indians had lived there for centuries and felt they had a right to the land. Many Cherokees adapted a more American lifestyle and some became plantation owners or store owners. The Cherokee Nation also created a constitution that was similar to the Constitution of the United…

The removal was very unjustified because we were unfair and made a lot of people die, we did.This is why the Indian removal act was unjustified and how America can be towards others. Imagine how it would feel to lose your home and have to walk about 1,000 miles to get to your new home.“The Cherokees lost approximately one-fourth of their people to disease, malnourishment, and hardship.”This is only one hardship they faced.√The removal was unjustified because the native Americans owned the land…

Throughout history, the United States of America has been involved in numerous conflicts. These conflicts have involved cultures all over the world and as a result we often see prejudice in our own country. This prejudice is often directed towards the citizens that have cultural ties to the perceived enemy. Having such a diverse culture within the U.S. is considered to be a good thing, but during times of war it can trigger harsh and negative treatment towards individuals that are looked at as…

The Fort Laramie Treaty in 1868 stated that the Great Sioux Nation Reservation that included the Black Hills in western South Dakota be exempt from any and all white settlement until the end of time. With this the tribe was given protected hunting rights under the treaty. Until European Americans discovered gold in the black hills around 1874 and from that moment the Sioux reservation and its peoples would, again, have their lives disturbed by the government and its “promises”. The famous…