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mind was to do my topic on the Cherokee Removal. The Cherokee Removal, part of the trail of tears, occurred in 1838. The U.S. military and various state militias forced some 15,000 Cherokees from their homes in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee and moved them west to Indian Territory. The removal of the Cherokee Nation fulfilled federal and state policies that developed in response to the rapid expansion of white settlers and cotton farming and that were fueled by racism. The…

Now at first one would wonder how an organization with an origin such as this, could possibly be the same one that was known for committing violent acts. In actuality due to the history mentioned above, and their mysterious nature of the organization, it created an organization with a potential to become “regulators” for southern society. With the mysterious nature of the Klan, one was unaware of the group’s agenda when seen operating during the night. Since people in general fear the unknown,…

In the United States, during the 1800s, as the population in the East began to increase, Americans started to move westward into previously occupied Native American lands. As they moved, two groups clashed: White settlers versus Native Americans, with White settlers forcing the Natives further and further west. During the Antebellum period, early Americans used their religion and their belief that Western culture was superior to justify taking over and occupying the Native American lands, taming…

the daughter of a local colonel. In 1796, Jackson was elected the first representative from Tennessee, and was elected into the U.S. Senate shortly after. He resigned eight months after, but was then assigned a circuit judge on Tennessee’s court. He then received a plantation, the Hermitage, and had a large mansion built on it. Four years into being a judge, he was appointed a major general in the Tennessee militia. In the War of 1812, he led an attack on the Creek Indians, who were allies with…

The Choctaw Nation, a proud member of the five civilized tribes, is native to the southeastern section of the United States. They can trace their ancestry back to Mississippi and even some parts of Louisiana and Alabama. Culturally, the Choctaws are a matriarchal society, which mainly survived off agriculture, hunting, and gathering. Specifically, they pride themselves on their history of complete adaptation into the European society. The Choctaw Nation accepted foreign religion, ethics,…

In 1838 The Trail of Tears was an exodus that the United States government enforced for many Native American tribes including the Cherokees, Seminoles, Chickasaws, Choctaws, and the Creeks to migrate to reservations west of the Mississippi River to an area in present-day Oklahoma.. American Indians’ homelands were destroyed and taken from them. Their cultures were also dramatically altered or even destroyed. The Creeks lost 22 million acres of land in southern Georgia and Alabama. A man…

The Trail of Tears was a tough fought journey for the Cherokee people which began decades prior to their removal. In the early days of the New Republic, after signing treaties with the federal government, the Cherokee had thought their nation was safe. However, other agreements were made with the state of Georgia, the state where there nation was to be found, which led to the conflicts. Ultimately, the Cherokee were forced to relocate to the West. Despite their opposition to inner and outer…

Jackson acted more like a king more than a common man. He Acted more like a king than the common man because of the spoils system, Indian removal act, and the war with the bank of the US. The Spoils system is about a president filling his cabinet with people who will never say no to him (Jacksonian Democracy google Slide). This would make it good for only a selected few, not for everyone. This would make him like a king to others because they would follow only his words, which is one of the…

Throughout history and into today, Native Americans have been subject to harsh policies enacted by the United States government. Some of the most crippling policies came out of the Allotment and Assimilation era. This included the breaking up of Native lands, taking children away to boarding schools, and forcing private ownership of land. These policies pulled Native Americans into poor economic conditions and sought to destroy the traditional Native way of life. The Dawes act was the first…

After 30 years, the Ponca tribe had gave the U.S more land in Nebraska leaving the tribe with 58,000 acres of land. Later, Andrew Jackson had become President and created a law to have all the Native Americans move out of Nebraska, solely for the U.S, so they could start having people live there and start a farm and start growing crops. Standing Bear and other tribe leaders did not favor the new law and wanted to eliminate the law. The tribe had to walk a path to get to Oklahoma, the path was…