Tennessee v. Garner

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)”…

If someone were to ask you “What is an American?”, most people would state that we have the power of freedom. Others would say we have many opportunities and big dreams that we hope for in the future. America is full of many life-changing possibilities, and you will have many different opportunities that you will encounter. In other countries, most people are slaves, they aren’t able to do what they want, or they aren’t able to fulfill their dreams that they had set aside. That’s where America…

Why Immigrant Individuals and Families Should Be Aloud To Come To The U.S. Ever wonder what other families go through to find and live a better life. One may live a good, well educated, and safe life here in the U.S., but do others from other countries live like this. Immigration in the U.S. is something that happens on a day to day basis. Many people will give hatred because an immigrant is coming to their country, but people don 't know the real reason of why someone is coming here. One may…

The Trail of Tears Introduction The Trail of Tears was a 1000-2000 mile journey that five tribes had to walk in order to get to their designated land that Andrew Jackson called “Indian Territory.” The Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, and Seminoles, were forced out of their homelands, not given any other option but to leave, or be killed trying to stay in their home where you made memories with families and friends. The trail was where thousands of people died from horrible sicknesses,…

As young adults we are taught to develop skills and talents which with time will become our reputation. Building a leadership brand requires determination and innovation as well as an open mind. Just as brands evolve over centuries a person has to be able to be self-aware of its surrounding and how they change. In the article “Five steps to building your leadership brand”, Ulrich and Smallwood describe a leadership brand as conveying your identity and distinctiveness as a leader and…

“I have to get out of here.” I thought as soon as I opened my eyes. I was woken up from a hit in the face by a half-awake Brooke, telling me that my sister was calling me. We 've been in Alabama for four days and we leave tomorrow morning. I cannot wait to be home. This trip has not been at all how I wanted it to be. We 'd been planning this trip for months. It 's a graduation present from my mom and uncle. As part of the gift, I got to bring two friends. Of course I chose to bring my two…

schools, had farms, converted to Christianity and were skilled in commerce. They set up trading posts that were very successful. The more they tried to assimilate, the harder it got. By 1826, they had sold off most of their land in Kentucky and Tennessee to the U.S. government and reduced to lands in northern Mississippi and northwest Alabama. In 1832, the Chickasaws signed the Treaty of Pontotoc ceding all their land and later signed the Treaty of Doaksville to purchase land from the Choctaws…