Tennessee

original settlers in Hartsville, Tennessee were Charles Donoho, Sarah(Brooks) Donoho, James Hart, Sarah(Hamilton) Hart, and their children. When they settled in the city each family settled beside the creek. One family settled on the east side of the stretch and the other family settled on the west side of the creek. In Trousdale County from the Tennessee Encyclopedia, Durbin(2009) acknowledges that Trousdale County is the smallest county in the state of Tennessee. According to…

autonomous nations that would be later be known as the American Reep South. The tribes traveled by water as by land.There were three groups Cherokees, the first group of Cherokees left on June 6 by steamboat,barge from Ross’s landing on the Tennessee River, which is present day Chattanooga. The other two groups suffered more from diseases, caused by a severe drought, this was found more among children.…

“A chamber of commerce is an organization of businesses seeking to further their collective interests, while advancing their community, region, state or nation” (ACCE, 2009). A chamber begins in a town, city, or territory when business owners voluntarily form a chamber to advocate for community and economic prosperity. According to the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives, chambers have been in existence for over two centuries (ACCE, 2009). A chamber functions by the members of 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…

The Life of Dorothy Lavinia Brown Dorothy Lavinia Brown was a woman with many names. She was an educator towards the youth, a legislator in the Tennessee House of Representatives, a community leader, and an inspiration towards children and adults in all situations. I personally picked Brown because of her accomplishments towards her dream career. (http://www.blackpast.org/aah/brown-dorothy-lavinia-1919-2004) Brown was born on January 7, 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After a couple of…

becomes governor of Tennessee and just three short years later earned a seat as a U.S. senator in 1857. At the beginning of Andrew’s new journey, he introduces the Homestead Bill to the U.S. senate in 1857. On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln becomes the sixteenth president of the United Sates. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Andrew decides to remain loyal to the Union and keeps his seat as a U.S. senate. It was not until 1862 when Andrew is appointed military governor of Tennessee that he…

further himself as a leader in the political world and to gain respect among his peers. At the age of sixteen, Houston ran away from home and lived with a Cherokee tribe led by Chief Oo-loo-te-ka that was located fifty miles southwest of Maryville, Tennessee. While living with the Cherokees, Houston gained a unique understanding and respect for the Native American culture that most other white leaders did not fully appreciate. Houston’s knowledge of Native American traditions and culture helped…

The 1920’s were a time when American culture exploded and ultimately transformed America from a young country to a world power. The American values of individualism and democracy were neither completely enhanced or diminished by modernity because while many strides were made to improve these qualities, the pre-World War I sentiment of reform was destroyed. All of the destruction caused by World War I scared the American people enough to halt the era of reformation and actually did diminish…

Ways to Treat Neglect A Controlled Evaluation of Family Behavior Therapy in Concurrent Child Neglect and Drug Abuse is a study where they selected 72 mothers who had been reported for child neglect and drug abuse by the Department of Family Services (Donohue, Azrin, Bradshaw, Van Hasselt, Cross, Urgelles, & ... Allen, (2014). Family Behavior Therapy (FBT) uses a family support system and therapy assignments as its foundation. The belief behind this therapy is that the parent’s drug abuse is the…

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)”…