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After going through this week’s readings and video presentations, I did not come across anything specific that excited me. Although, I did read about some instances that made me feel ashamed, but I do understand that if these things had not occurred, America may not be the great nation that it is today. The Indian Removal Act to remove and relocate tens of thousands of Native Americans sounded reasonable on paper, but resulted in native retaliation and the deaths of many people. I feel as if…

In our country we have had presidents who have done some incredible things for our society and will forever be remember for such. There have also been presidents who have done things that many Americans wouldn’t agree with. That being said, we as Americans have learned to live with such things and become a better society due to the ups and downs of our presidents. That being said one of the most memorable presidents was the seventh of the United States, Andrew Jackson. He came in to office in…

The American History Channel movie “April 1865 civil” was about Civil War. Also known as the war between the north and the south. The southern slave states separated from America to form Confederation led by Robert Lee. The Confederates fought against the American Union led by General Grant, which supported to end slavery. The part of the movie I find interesting is the Appomattox Court House. The Appomattox Court House is where Lee surrenders to Grant to accept defeat. However when Robert Lee…

During the Creek War (1813-14), the Maskókî tribes that were in Alabama at the time revolted against the settlers, “the brutal repression and disastrous treaty forced upon them by General Andrew Jackson sent thousands of the most determined warriors and their families migrating southward to take refuge in Spanish Florida.” This of course refers to the First Seminole War (1814-18) when Andrew Jackson was too ambitious at trying to control the Indian problem. While there they merged with the…

After Bud went to the University of Tennessee, he became best friends with a young man Named Tomoku. Tomoku san was Japanese. After Bud was helping Tomoku with his English, Tomoku san began teaching Bud Japanese. Tomoku came from a Samurai family. His family name was Shimazu. His family had a long line of “Hidden Christians” that date back to the time Xavier and the Jesuits came to Japan. When Shogun Tokugawa forced conversion to Buddhism, he began to systematically kill Christians. The Shimazu…

During my historical visit I visited the Tennessee state Museum in Downtown Nashville. The Tennessee State Museum is an extensive historical center in Nashville showing the historical backdrop of the U.S. condition of Tennessee. Beginning from pre colonization and going into the twentieth century, the exhibition hall translates the Frontline, the time of President Andrew Jackson and the American Civil War. The historical center's addition of outfits, weapons, and fight banners from the Civil War…

After the civil war ended, White Americans decided upon the expansion across the continent. Although some of the parts were already occupied they went through with it anyways. As they made their way towards the western states of the country, they intruded amongst the Native Americans. Throughout this process the Americans crushed the Native Americans as they created a wavering policy towards them. The first thing the Americans did was force the Natives out their homes and lands. They intruded…

Indeed a civil war within the Creek Indian Nation took place between the Upper and Lower towns and as a result, the Lower towns allied to the United States and the Upper towns known as Red Sticks remained allied to Great Britain. The Creeks Civil War escalated to a conflict between the Red Sticks and the United States called the Battle Horseshoe Bend (HSB). On March 27, 1814, the battle of HSB was a victory for the United States forces and the deadliest battle for the American Indian history…

The Cherokee Are People Too In the book The Cherokee Removal, the author argued that most of the Americans did not want the Cherokee nation to be considered equal and wanted them removed. The American people tormented the Cherokees and tried to break their spirits. The Americans thought that if the Cherokee people could be dispossessed, that they would have agreed to the removal (Purdue, 84). The Americans disrespected them and made laws that harassed them. White people moved onto their land…

Nearly 5,000 Cherokees died on The Trail of Tears (“Native American”). One out of every four died of sickness or lack of food on The Trail of Tears (“Impact”). In 1830 around 125,000 Native Americans lived on millions of acres of land in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, and Florida. By 1840, hardly any tribes settled in the area…