...Tragedies of the Trail of Tears and the Holocaust The U.S government stole millions of dollars and millions of acres of land from the native americans. Likewise, the Nazi Regime stole the same from helpless Jewish people who were forced to live in ghettos. Unfortunately, this was just the beginning. When the white settlers first came to America they encountered the Native Americans they thought they were savages, and that they were dumb and could easily steal from them. The white settlers moved the Native Americans to oklahoma and in this process they stole from them and killed their livestock. They also killed them and stole their homes while they made the Native Americans walk all the from their homes to Oklahoma. This is very similar...
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...Cherokee’s land and how fertile all their land was. The “Five Civilized Tribes” were the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole, and Choctaw. There are concerns for the effects of the new law, such as the inevitable suffering bound to happen. Jackson defends the policy saying they are better off without the Americans interrupting their practices. Beside a majority of the Cherokee, most of the tribes signed treaties and relocated to the west of the Mississippi. At...
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... Definition of key terms/ people/places/events Andrew Jackson 236- is a former president of the USA who was inaugurated in 1824. He was commonly called “a man of the people” as he advocated reforms to allow more people the right to vote. Anti-masonry 251- this is a movement which emerged in the early 1820s in a bid to resist the Society of Freemasons. Aroostook 255- this is a war between Canadians and Americans which took place at the Aroostook River region in 1838. Bank war 247- this term refers to a war between Andrew Jackson and the Bank of the United States. Jackson wanted to destroy the bank but the bank’s president, Nicholas Biddle was determined to save it. Caroline affair 255- a ship by the name Caroline was ferrying supplies to American rebels across the Niagara River. British authorities however detained the ship and burnt it down. In retaliation, the American authorities arrested a Canadian, Alexander McLeod and charged him with the murder of the American who had died when the ship was burnt down. This is what was referred to as the Caroline Affair. Daniel Webster 242- he was a senator for Massachusetts who challenged Robert Hayne’s call for nullification. Dorr rebellion 237- it was started by Thomas W. Dorr who sought to increase the percentage of voters in Rhode Island. He drafted a constitution which declared him the governor for Rhode Island. This was declared a rebellion by the...
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...varying opinions about the New York conspiracy trials? By the mid-1600s, less than half a century after the English had opened the way for full-scale European settlement, serious crises were brewing in the American colonies. At first tensions were caused by a steadily increasing population: massive numbers of settlers required more land, additional dwellings and other accommodations, greater food supplies, and expanded trade and transportation networks. The immediate victims were Native Americans, who suffered mistreatment at the hands of colonists scrambling to grab land and natural...
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...William Truman March 5th 2014 Timeline Part I Major Event/Epoch in American History | Time Period/Date(s) | Description and Significance of the People/Event(s) to American History | 1) Describe three different American Indian cultures prior to colonization. | 1421-15211492-1504 1541- 1937 | Aztec Indians: They were located in central Mexico and they spoke Nahuati language. In 1520-1521 Small pox hit, between 10% and 5o% of population was affected. The government was a system of tribute. They believed in human sacrifice. Eastern woodland cultures were along the Atlantic coast mostly during the summer time. During winter they were forced to diverse because of how many people to be fed and the weather. They were mostly small villages during the summer time. The English settlers were most likely to encounter the Algonquian-Speaking Indians. They were the Plains Indian and they were located where Kanas, Oklahoma, and Texas. They had villages up to 20 houses. For their government they had council circles but it is unclear what they actually did. | 2) The effects of British colonization on the Native Americans. | 1492-1810 | There were many affects from the British colonization on native Americans. They were forced to be slaves if they did not die from diseases, because not having freedom they decided to kill them self or if it was a women were pregnant they had abortions. | 3) The evolution of the socio-political milieu during the colonial period, including...
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...Tammy Prater Survey of American History I HIST 2010 Spring 2014 “Manifest Destiny and American Territorial Expansion A Brief History with Documents” By Carrie Duncan Manifest Destiny is an event, and a philosophy, that changed how the United States expanded from thirteen colonies into what it is today. The term, Manifest Destiny, was first used in 1845 by John O'Sullivan, to give explanation for the United States' right of expansion. He stated that"...the right of our manifest destiny to over spread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federaltive development of self government entrusted to us. It is right such as that of the tree to the space of air and the earth suitable for the full expansion of its principle and destiny of growth." 1 The principle behind Manifest Destiny has been around since Christopher Columbus first discovered the Caribbean. Many years after Columbus' discovery of the New World, Europe and Mexico were wanting to expand, and control new territories in North America. This want for new territory, would cause boundary issues and fears to arise soon after the Revolutionary War with the fledgling government of the United States. These boundary issues and fears would help the supporters, who wanted to expand the United States borders, to push for acquiring new territories in...
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...How would you feel if that one person you despise the most forced you to move out of your house all the way into a new state. This is what happened to the cherokee indians during 1830 when the indian removal act was signed. The cherokee had been living in Georgia for a hundred years before the first Georgians arrived and were forced to move west into Louisiana. There were many reasons for this act to happen however it was as if the Cherokee had no say against it. The government was very biased for its people and did little to support the cherokee. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was not justified because the cherokees were getting kicked out of their own homelands, they were treated poorly, and only a small majority of the cherokee agreed with...
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...Describe three different American Indian cultures prior to colonization. Pre-history to 1600s The Hopewell tribe was mound builders that were located in the Midwest and even today their mounds can be seen in the states where they resided, such as Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin and more. They could be considered some of the first traders in the region as they had a very large trade route, with materials coming from across other portions of the United States and Canada. The climate was the reason for this tribe’s decline rather than the colonists that arrived to the New World. The Iroquois were located in what is now the state of New York. This was actually a group of tribes that were united under a league that had been established by a political alliance after tribal warring. Their system of government with chosen leaders called sachems is considered the model for which the American government is currently built upon. The Haidas was a tribe that was located in the Northwest Pacific Coast across the country far from where the colonists first landed. This tribe being so close to the ocean, centered more of tribal life around the waters. They were fishermen and artists. This is one of the tribes that created totem poles that many individuals associate with Native American culture today. 2) The effects of British colonization on the Native Americans. 1600’s The British colonization on the Native Americans had a very negative effect...
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...Native American Relocation Native American culture and its role in American history have always been a fascinating subject. There have been reading assignments on Native American’s removal and resistance, Black Hawk and his rebellion, and Emerson’s letter to President Van Buren. These pieces gave us a brief overview of America’s goals at the time, the action they took to achieve these goals, the Native Americans’ reaction, and the opinions held by the American people. These readings only scratched the surface of Native Americans and the role they have played in American History. The main cause of the interaction between Americans and the Native Americans was an increase in demand for land by Americans. As they pushed west and south, the frequency of interactions with Native Americans increased and so did hostility. I am aware that land demand issues were normally approached at first with peaceful negations. The American government would meet with the tribes and develop a treaty that resulted in less land for the Native Americans and more land for Americans. This would satisfy the Americans for a period of time but demand for land would just continue to increase. At this point Indians would either get restless and rebellions would ensue or Americans would violate the treaties and make moves on the Native’s land. In either situation the superior force of the American troops would result in them defeating the Indians. The Indians would then be forced to comply with American demands...
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...scores of emperors can we imagine why the leadership of the CPP, trained to be loyal, went along with his piecemeal assault on and destruction of them. Mao also seems to have had in mind the idea that student youth could be mobilized to attack the evils in the establishment and purge China revisionism. It would be a form to manipulate mass movement, which his experience told him, was the engine of social change. (387) The Cultural Revolution, like the Hundred Flowers Campaign and the Great Leap Forward, turned out to be something he had not envisioned. Allowing for many variations, the purge rate among party officials was somewhere around 60 percent. It has been estimated that 400,000 people died as a result of maltreatment. (387) How the Cultural Revolution Unfolded From late 1965 to the summer of 1966, tensions rose between Mao’s group and the CCP establishment. To his support from the repoliticized PLA under Lin Biao Mao added, thorugh his wife Jiang Qing, a group of radical Shanghai intellectuals who later would form his Central Cultural Revolution Group. (389) In the second phase of the Cultural...
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...The Trail of Tears 2 Who were John Ross and Joseph Vann? Describe the series of events that resulted in them losing their homes. How did the efforts of Major Ridge and Elias Boudinot cause a “serious split’ in the Cherokees’ attempt to keep their native lands? 3 In December of 1835, a Cherokee treaty council signed away tribal lands and agreed to move the Cherokee people west of the Mississippi. What methods did the American Government use to obtain that treaty? Discuss the paradox of how a nation as the United States, founded on democratic principles of the government, could justify signing such a fraudulent treaty. In the Trail of Tears, there was a man named John Ross who was a well educated Cherokee leader. At the age of 19, he became a part of the...
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...when reading discussion posts from other classes, looking at how other students at times can unknowingly make very racist and crude remarks. I also started researching the Amherst small pox blankets that were described in the discussion and was horrified by the letters that one could read online about such atrocities, although very old and hard to read. These articles and quotes from Atlas of the North American Indians by Carl Walman appeared to be very creditable and valuable resources since it is actually...
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...Racial Oppression in American History The United States of America was born from a rebellion and has become one of the leading super powers; a place that is highly sought after to live. Throughout, American history there are instances where racial oppression was the status quo. The rights and civil liberties of people were cast aside either by deep rooted racism, misguided fears or both. Some of the most well-known misdeeds of the United States is the historic treatment of African Americans, Native Americans and Japanese Americans as has been discussed in class. Racial oppression has been in American history in one form or another, taking on many different faces and going in various depths. These blemishes are but a few of the dark bricks laid...
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...During the War of 1812, the British soldiers set fire to the nation’s capital. They burned nearly the entire city to the ground. This conflict was resolved in December of 1814 when a treaty was signed with the British. Unknowing British troops attacked New Orleans in January of 1815, but were defeated by Andrew Jackson’s forces. The general morale of the American people was very low during this time. They felt as though they had wasted their time, efforts, and lives had been wasted, until the victory at New Orleans which completely flipped their views. January 1, 1818 the White House was finally reopened after its burning four years prior. Throughout Nathan’s life there were many states formed for many different reasons. During his lifespan thirty-five of our now fifty states were made into states rather than just being territories or...
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...1) Describe three different American Indian cultures prior to colonization. 1200-1900 The Algonkian tribes were in the Northeast and were the first to encounter Europeans. The Iroquois were one of the largest tribes with a variety of languages and traditions. The Anasazi were in the Southeast by the four corners. They made hand woven baskets and had unusual dwellings called pithouses made of mud and bushes. 2) The effects of British colonization on the Native Americans. 1600s The Native Americans had to fight to keep their land. Many were forced to leave their land because the British began building houses on the land. The British dominated the Native Americans. They spread diseases which the Native Americans did not have immunity for so they either left or died. 3) The evolution of the socio-political milieu during the colonial period, including Protestant Christianity’s impact on colonial social life. 1600-1700s After the Puritans lefts it attracted more people with different cultures and religions to America. The Protestant Reformation society saw itself as a whole that consisted of different pieces that worked together. Within this structure the Protestants saw individualism in religion. Religion impacted politics as well as socialization. 4) The effects of the Seven Years’ War. 1756-1763 William Pitt, the king’s new chief minister, viewed America as a place where England and Europe were to be fought for. In 1759 British forces sailed up river and attacked...
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