Stampede Trail

Black Hawk War In the early 1800’s Americans got into many battles with Native Americans over land. When the Americans first arrived they killed Native Americans and burned down their village, Native Americans refused to give their land away without a fight. In 1804 Americans made a treaty with the Native Americans to give the settlers all of the land east of the Mississippi River, in exchange for over two million dollars. In 1808 the Americans built a fort on Native American land, in…

One example of ethnocide presented in the text occurred in the Balkans. The Serbians were demolishing the Bosnian Muslim’s cultural symbols, such as a library and their mosques. This is ethnocide because the Serbians are destroying the Bosnian Muslim’s places of worship and knowledge in an attempt to wipe out their beliefs. Moreover, another example of ethnocide is in Canada, when the Parti Québécois (PQ) came to power in 1976 and required the language of French to be taught in schools and be…

baggage. Jackson should be taken off the $20 bill because he has caused thousands of deaths within many groups of people, he was a slaveowner, and he wouldn't of even wanted to be on the bill in the first place. Andrew Jackson paved the way for The Trail of Tears and was completely responsible for the deaths of thousands of Native Americans. At the beginning of the 1930’s, millions of acres of land were occupied by nearly 125,000 Native Americans. This land…

Red Cloud would not stop fighting until he got his land to himself. In 1867, Native Americans caused a train accident on Union Pacific rails (Sanford, William R. Oglala 26). The railroad owners and American settlers demanded that the railways and trails be made safe (Sanford, William R. Oglala…

Imagine your family made a beautiful quilt full of their history and lineage, one that has been passed down to each generation. Now imagine that someone offered to buy that quilt from you, promising a good amount of money and another, “better”, quilt. This is like the Cherokee’s situation. The president promised new and better land, but it wasn’t as good as it sounded. When the Indian Removal Act of 1830 was passed, it gave the president, Andrew Jackson, power to talk to the tribes and negotiate…

By the time the 1830’s the government had forced the native tribes to move to the great plains . White settlers believed that the land they were on was to dry for planting crops , this is why the Treaty of fort laramie was put into place in 1851 not many agreed to it but they had no choice . In 1864 the Sand Creek Massacre happened when the militia set fire on a peaceful village , later the tribes responded with attacks on soldiers and settlements these attacks is the result of the Second Treaty…

Quanah Parker (Comanche kwana "smell, odor") (c. 1845 or 1852 – February 23, 1911) was a Comanche/English-American from the Comanche band Quahadi ("Antelope-eaters"). Strictly related also to the Nokoni band ("Wanderers" or "Travellers") (his mother's people), he emerged as a dominant figure of the Comanche, particularly after the Comanches' final defeat. He was one of the last Comanche chiefs. The U.S. appointed Quanah principal chief of the entire nation once the people had gathered on the…

The Removal Act of 1830 was signed by seventh President of the U.S., Andrew Jackson. This act allowed the President to explore unsettled lands pushing the Indians west. The act was not in specific removal of Indian tribes, but in order to acquire their land with treaties. Andrew Jackson professed the Indian Removal Act would be best for the tribes to get away from the whites and it gave them their chance to escape U.S. power. In Jackson's eyes, removing the Indians will also grant them a…

of racial tension between two different cultures. Jackson’s hatred was based on what he wanted and his non-stop effort to obtain Indian land at no cost. Indian suffrage and loss would come at a high cost. This in turn led to the removal called the Trail of Tears, where Indian were forced to move hundreds of miles away from their home land and their lives were lost at a high rate. In today’s times, some Indians still hold a powerful grudge toward Andrew Jackson. There are many Indians who refuse…

Andrew Jackson had a great victory in 1828 when he won the presidential election. He obviously had a very powerful political campaign because he had 70% of the casted votes. His message stayed the same as it was in 1824, but it had more intensity. Jackson said the nation was tainted by “special privilege.” Jackson claimed distinction with his military career that included the Revolutionary War and his big moment in the Battle of New Orleans in the end of the War of 1812. Jackson’s presidency…