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American history cannot be complete without the mention of slavery that caused much suffering to African Americans. The war of 1812 that came shortly after America’s ndependence was another milestone in American history that cannot be forgotten (Horsman). The one time president of the United States, Andrew Jackson was adversely mentioned in the slave history because of his positive contribution towards the freeing of the American slaves during his tenure as the president. America’s early history…

Andrew Jackson was not a very well liked president to say the least. He was guilty of gaining his wealth using slave labor, mass killing of Native Americans, and forcing Supreme court to send the Cherokee Indians to the Trail of Tears. President Jackson was what you would call rough around the edges, he was in duals, chased wild women, and even married a woman who was not legally divorced. He did not take very well to authority, he was overbearing, arrogant, but the American people loved him.…

major in the military. Sam was only 14 when he and his family made the trip from Virginia to Tennessee, a journey of about 524 miles on foot. During 1806 Sam had decided to run away from home and lived with the Cherokee. At that time Sam was only 16 years old. While Sam was living with the Cherokee,…

should expand west. He felt that removing the natives is necessary for American wealth and power. In document 4, in his letter to congress trying to convince them to support the Indian Removal Act, he says “By opening the whole territory between Tennessee on the North and Louisiana on the South to the settlement of the whites it will incalculably strengthen the southwestern frontier and render the adjacent states strong enough to repel future invasions without remote aid”. Jackson is so focused…

an area that became Rossville, Georgia. At his father's store Ross learned the customs of traditional Cherokees, although at home his mixed-blood family practiced European traditions and spoke English. After attending South West Point Academy in Tennessee,…

In the book Numbers, Jem goes from having nobody who loves her to having many, but it comes with a price. In the book Jem is in a foster home, and has nobody who is there for her. Jem doesn't want to be close to anyone. Jem acts shy and doesn't want to get close to people because she can see their death date, by just looking into their eyes. She thinks this is a curse, but some people think it is a gift. In the book Numbers by Rachel Ward, Jem is shy and wants to be alone, but through meeting…

The Cherokee were one of the many tribes that assimilated into the white culture. Although they did exactly what they were expected to do, Andrew Jackson and a few states had trouble grasping onto their assimilation. Jackson went through with a historical event that to this day in American History is known as the Trail of Tears, due to the substantial amounts of deaths that were sprung from it. Jackson had no thought of whether he was doing the right or wrong thing, because to him it was all…

What are the Biloxi Indian Tribe exactly? The Biloxi Indians are an Indian tribe from Biloxi Mississippi. The Biloxi people were decimated due to a smallpox epidemic. Which caused the survivors of the smallpox epidemic to spread throughout the southern parts of the united states. Which caused the survivors of this epidemic to migrate westward. Today the Biloxi Indian Tribe is scattered around the south of the U.S. but today still mainly live in Biloxi. Today the Biloxi Indian Tribe is combined…

The Trail of Tears and Cold-Blooded Sufferings “I fought through the Civil War and have seen men shot to pieces and slaughtered by thousands, but the Cherokee removal was the cruelest work I ever knew.” Quoted by a Georgian militiamen during the gathering of Cherokee Indians, he describes how horrible this removal was on the Native Americans that once lived in the Cherokee Territory. (Document D) Once the Cherokee were rounded up, they were sent to travel the Trail of Tears to the west side…

Representatives in 1843 and served until 1853. Then in 1853 he became the governor of Tennessee; he also won the election in 1855. Johnson was elected into the senate in 1857. He was a relentless campaigner, and an unparalleled speaker. He was intelligent and gallant, furthermore he was a reliable proponent of “Jacksonian democracy and the champion of the 'plebeians’ (the small farmers and tradesmen of Tennessee) against the ‘stuck-up aristocrats’ (the wealthy, slave-holding planter class)”…