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    I’ve tried to come up with alternative ways to explain why I want to become a physician’s assistant, but I just cannot find the words if it’s not the truth. This is a difficult essay for me to write because no one else knows this story besides my husband and to explain myself efficiently I need to start from the beginning. My mother only attended college for a short period until she met my father, got married and had two children. She never went back to school or found a career because my father…

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    Sacajawea Thesis

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    Colonization was a time a disagreement, and independence was still an issue, for example, the Seven Years War. However, exploration was still very prevalent for new lands, and Native woman Sacajawea played an impressive part in that. Nevertheless, disagreements also formed between the Indian nations and the colonists such as the Indian Removal Act and the case of Cherokee Nation versus Georgia which included tribes all over like the five civilized tribes. From being forced off their land to…

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    affect the business and the business welfare of the country. . . “(U.S., 2016). Thus, the United States Chamber of Commerce was founded. As of today, the U.S. Chamber is made up of a strong leadership team, lobbyist and policy experts, and over 1,500 volunteers, who all work to advocate for the business world on issue such as debt and deficit, health care, free speech, labor, taxes, and much more. Overall, the United States Chamber offers important and much needed advocacy in D.C. for businesses…

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    Accounting is a declining major because students don’t want to put in the work that goes into all the classes in order to receive their degree. From 1998 the percentage of students that are graduating with this degree has fallen 14.9% (Hunt, 2008). The number of resumes that have been submitted to the program has fallen from 180 to 96 but the number of schools that want accounting students has grown from 110 to 222 (Hunt, 2008). These statistics are showing us that it isn’t the lack of…

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    Tecumseh’s Inspirational Lifetime The inspirational person I chose, was a native american named Tecumseh or also known as Panther Springing across the Sky . According to Encyclopedia.com, “Tecumseh was born in 1768 and his parents were Methoatske who was a Creek and his father, Puckenshinewa who was a Shawnee.The parents of Tecumseh were from different tribes, Who met when the two tribes met in 1750 when the Shawnee tribe looked for shelter with the Creeks.In 1760 , the couple to Ohio and…

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    Northern Republican, and a supporter of the anti-slavery cause. Stephen Douglas was also a candidate from Illinois, a Northern Democrat, and a supporter of popular sovereignty being the decider of slavery in states. John Bell was a candidate from Tennessee, a Constitutional Unionist, and a defender of slavery, and lastly, John Breckinridge was a candidate from Kentucky, a Southern Democrat, and a protector of slavery. Lincoln ended up winning with the most electoral votes but not the most…

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    The struggle between the Native Americans and the Americans was extremely relevant and volatile during the 1800’s. The struggle escalated in 1830 when Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act (“Worcester”). As a result, new issues arose on a fight that had been around for centuries between the Native Americans and the Americans. One major collateral outcome of this act is the Supreme Court case, Worcester vs. Georgia. This case and the results of it turned out to be a major step forward for…

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    The Westward Expansion

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    The Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminoles, referred to as the "Five Civilized Tribes", occupied land in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. They ultimately stood in the way of the expansion into the neighboring states. “And be it further enacted, That if, upon any of the lands now occupied by the Indians, and to be exchanged for, there should…

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    Andrew Jackson Struggles

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    member of the convention that established the Tennessee Constitution. The Tennessee Constitution established the government of the state. It set the structures, responsibilities, character, rules, and process of amendment. He was also elected Tennessee’s first representative in the U.S. House of Representatives. The next year he was elected the U.S. Senate. He resigned from this eight months later. Jackson had a chance to become a circuit judge on the Tennessee superior court. He took it and…

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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…

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