...Some people throughout history believe that Jackson’s actions under Indian policy were some of the only beneficial decisions he ever made. His decisions seemed to follow the tradition of Indian tribes gradually moving westward as more settlers entered America. Others believe Jackson had no right to destroy the lives of so many people and acted irresponsibly. His view on Indian policy violated not only political and constitutional aspects, but also moral, and practical as well. Andrew Jackson’s decision to send the American Indians on the trail of tears, removed any type of moral standards that were in place at the time. Although some people of the time argued that they were incapable of change, Christian missionaries who worked closely with the Indians begged to differ. They saw the slow assimilation that was beginning to happen and opposed anything that would halt their efforts. Those who did not work closely with them, including Jackson, did not see any progress, and just assumed that none was being made. Another aspect of the moral failing of Jackson's decision pertains to the amount of lives lost on the journey. Those who were members of Cherokee tribes were...
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...In Dee Brown's article, “Trail of Tears,” it is shown that without the faction of subchiefs headed by Major Ridge and Elias Boudinot, the US government would never have procured a treaty entitling them to Cherokee Indian land in Georgia. Although Ridge and Boudinot claimed their negotiation was a result of insight that “further resistance to the demands of the Georgia and United States governments was futile” they benefited largely from their cooperation with the government(Brown). Ridge in particular made a large haul in cash and his supporters as well, though to a lesser extent. If their intentions were indeed well meaning, it is highly suspicious that they and a small group of supporters were the only members of their tribe monetarily benefiting...
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...the world today and every day is an example of how they clash. An author, Mary Louise Pratt, wrote an essay referring to these conflicts. Her essay made it possible to further examine these struggles. In works such as The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and “Family Stories From the Trail of Tears” Pratt’s essay makes it possible to deeply examine the clashing culture and gain insight into how it impacted the world today. Mary Louise Pratt’s essay is called “Arts of the Contact Zone”. She defines a contact zone as a space where two cultures wrestle with each other’s ideas and beliefs. She goes on to discuss how these contact zones have come to help shape society, and how the aftermath is world changing. Her essay provides an excellent analysis of what happens when two distinct cultures come into contact, and most importantly, how that affects others. She also examines the two phenomena that occur as a result of the Contact Zone. One sensation, authoethnography, gives the reader first hand insight into cultures. The other, transculturation, shows what happens after the contact zone. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao takes on an entirely new meaning with the help of Pratt’s tools of analysis. There are two distinct cultures, that of the Dominican Republic, and a less conventional science fiction culture. These two largely different cultures clash throughout the novel as Diaz does his best to...
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...The international community has not legally admonished the United States for genocidal acts against Native Americans, yet it is clear that examples of genocidal acts and crimes against humanity are a well-cited page in U.S. history. Notorious incidents, such as the Trail of Tears, the Sand Creek Massacre, and the massacre of the Yuki of northern California are covered in depth in separate entries in this encyclopedia. More controversial, however, is whether the colonies and the United States participated in genocidal acts as an overall policy toward Native Americans. The Native-American population decrease since the arrival of Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus alone signals the toll colonization and U.S. settlement took on the native population. Scholars estimate that approximately 10 million pre-Columbian Native Americans resided in the present-day United States. That number has since fallen to approximately 2.4 million. While this population decrease cannot be attributed solely to the actions of the U.S. government, they certainly played a key role. In addition to population decrease, Native Americans have also experienced significant cultural and proprietary losses as a result of U.S. governmental actions. The total effect has posed a serious threat to the sustainability of the Native-American people and culture. Ideological Motivations Two conflicting yet equally harmful ideologies significantly influenced U.S. dealings with Native Americans. The first sprang from...
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...The Life of the Unconquerable Through designed and a specific use of language, a writer can deliver the most meaningful experiences in their lives through the scheme of poetry. Thoughtfulness for the various fundamentals that make a poem grab your attention, such as imagery, symbolism, rhyme and setting to name a few, offers additional appreciation of what the author is trying to convey. Recognizing these fundamentals, and understanding how they come together to provoke a piece exposes multifaceted meanings and experiences for the reader. Moreover, in some poems it is just as important, and can show added appreciation for the poem, if the life of the poet is studied. Such as William E. Henley poem “Invictus.” With William E. Henley’s biography in mind, learning the utmost significant and real essentials used in “Invictus” exposes a complicated and scholarly appreciation of his writings. Looking into William Henley’s life gives the reader clairvoyance into his intentions when writing “Invictus.” Henley was born poor in England in mid-nineteenth century. “He contracted a form of tuberculosis, during childhood, which put him through a prolonged, grueling battle against the disease and resulted in an amputated leg by the age of 16” (Flora 7). During his childhood and continuing into adulthood, Henley remained in hospitals and infirmaries enduring numerous painful treatments for his illness. Because of these hospitalizations and being too poor to pay schooling costs, Henley’s education...
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...[pic] Direct Instruction Lesson Plan – November 10, 2010 |Lesson Planning Information | |Teacher Candidate Name: Brenda Baker-Mitchell |Date: Nov 10, 2010 | |Mentor Teacher Name: | |JIU Professor Name: Dr. Alana James |JIU Course Name and Session: EDU 500 | |Grade: 9-12 | |Content Area (e.g., reading, writing, math, science, social studies, arts, etc.): Social Studies/US History – “The Removal of the Cherokee Indians” | |(DIRECT INSTRUCTION) | |Group Size: 25 | |Pre-Lesson Planning | |ACEI | ...
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...How to Tell a True War Story from The Things They Carried In a true war story, if there's a moral at all, it's like the thread that makes the cloth. You can't tease it out. You can't extract the meaning without unraveling the deeper meaning. And in the end, really, there's nothing much to say about a true war story, except maybe "Oh." True war stories do not generalize. They do not indulge in abstraction or analysis. For example: War is hell. As a moral declaration the old truism seems perfectly true, and yet because it abstracts, because it generalizes, I can't believe it with my stomach. Nothing turns inside. It comes down to gut instinct. A true war story, if truly told, makes the stomach believe. This one does it for me. I've told it before - many times, many versions - but here's what actually happened. We crossed that river and marched west into the mountains. On the third day, my friend Curt Lemon stepped on a boobytrapped artillery round. He was playing catch with Rat Kiley, laughing, and then he was dead. The trees were thick; it took nearly an hour to cut an LZ for the dustoff. Later, higher in the mountains, we came across a baby VC water buffalo. What it was doing there I don't know - no farms, no paddies - but we chased it down and, got a rope around it and led it along to a deserted village where we set up for the night. After supper Rat Kiley went over and stroked its nose. He opened up a can of C rations, pork and beans, but the baby buffalo...
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...REVENUE CYCLE: SALES TO CASH COLLECTIONS ------------------------------------------------- DEFINITION OF REVENUE CYCLE The recurring set of business activities and data processing operations associated with: * Provides goods and services to customers * Collects cash in payment for those sales Primary Objective: * Provide the right product * In the right place * At the right time for the right price ------------------------------------------------- BASIC REVENUE CYCLE ACTIVITIES & GENERAL THREATS BASIC REVENUE CYCLE ACTIVITIES 1. Sales order entry 2. Shipping 3. Billing 4. Cash collections GENERAL REVENUE CYCLE THREATS 1. Inaccurate or invalid master data 2. Unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information 3. Loss or destruction of master data 4. Poor performance GENERAL REVENUE CYCLE CONTROLS 1. Data processing integrity controls 2. Restriction of access to master data 3. Review of all changes to master data 4. Access controls 5. Encryption 6. Backup and disaster recovery procedures 7. Managerial reports 1. ------------------------------------------------- SALES ORDER ENTRY ACTIVITIES AND THREATS | CONTROL | 1. Take order 1. Incomplete/inaccurate orders 2. Invalid orders | 3. Data entry edit controls 4. Restriction of access to master data 5. Digital signatures or written signatures | 2. Check and approve credit *...
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...GEOGRAPHICAL AND SPICES INFO: * It is located in extensive regions of Africa, Asia, Australia and South America. In the African savanna that occupies the east of the central area of Africa * Location * Some locations of savannas include: * Africa - Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa, and Namibia * Australia * Central America - Belize and Honduras * South America - Venezuela and Columbia * Southern Asia * Abitoic facores: -fire Fire is the most important abiotic factor to the savanna. without the constant fires a tropical savanna could turn into a tropical forest -soil it is real important to plants and the animals that eat the plants -air Without it survival would be impossible. -water During the summer or dry season there really isn't a lot of water. Trees store water during the wet season so they have water during the dry season. * Plants * Grasses -Bermuda grass is one of the most common grasses in the tropical savanna biome. With its deep root system, bermuda grass has adapted to the savanna by dying off above ground during periods of drought, while maintaining growth beneath the soil. -Elephant grass grows in clumps and, despite its razor sharp leaves, provides shelter to several types of savanna birds. * Acacia Tree -A medium-sized tree, can reach 65 feet in height with a flat, round top and...
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...Karen Raybould March 21, 2013 SOCI 1310 Book Review The book Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee, an Indian History of the American West written by Dee Brown is a unique look at the “civilization” of the West through the eyes of the Native American populace rather than through the point of view of American settlers. It is intended to open the eyes of the reader, presumably a white American, to what truly happened during the conquering of the American West and dispel the romanticized version of western settlement popular in mainstream media and history. In the author’s own words “Americans who have always looked westward when reading about this period should read this book facing eastward.” (Brown, XXIV). Through his retelling of history, Brown discusses the effects of stereotypes, the influence of European habits of colonization, and the evolution of American policies regarding the native people. This book was written as a revisionist history of the American West from the point of view of the loser instead of the typical history which is written from the winner’s perspective. In that regard it was highly successful as even Native American authors wished they had written the book. “’Every Indian will wish he had written it,’ said Vine Deloria, author of Custer Died for Your Sins. ‘I wish I had.’” (Brown XVIII). In this work the author presents the history of the Native Americans from their own words and records. He has painstakingly combed through military negotiation...
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...Stewart Park Rehabilitation Action Plan December 2009 Prepared by: Rick Manning, ASLA Cayuga Waterfront Trail Initiative Program Coordinator Prepared for: City of Ithaca, Strategic Tourism Planning Board, and Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce Foundation STEWART PARK REHABILITATION ACTION PLAN Cayuga Waterfront Trail Initiative Page 2 STEWART PARK REHABILITATION ACTION PLAN Acknowledgements The Stewart Park Rehabilitation Action Plan was funded with Tourism Capital Program funds provided by the Tompkins County Strategic Tourism and Planning Board. Following are the individuals and organizations that participated in the preparation of the plan; Steering Committee Scott Wiggins, Strategic Tourism Planning Board Mary Tomlan, City of Ithaca Common Council Jennifer Dotson, City of Ithaca Common Council Leslie Chatterton, City of Ithaca Department of Planning and Development JoAnn Cornish, City of Ithaca Department of Planning and Development Suzanne Vandemark, City of Ithaca Parks Commission Steve Hunt, Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce Herb Dwyer, Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce Doug Levine, Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce Rick Manning, Project Coordinator Stakeholder Committee Mayor Carolyn Peterson, City of Ithaca JoAnn Cornish, City of Ithaca Department of Planning and Development Leslie Chatterton, City of Ithaca Department of Planning and Development Mary Tomlan, City of Ithaca Common Council Dan Mitchell, Ithaca Beer Company Rob Licht, Artist/Designer Bruce...
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...U.S. History and Constitution HIS120 Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) At the end of the course, students will be able to: SLO1. Describe the cultural, geographic and climatic influences on Native American societies. SLO2. Compare and contrast religious, social and cultural differences among the major European settlers. SLO3. Describe the events that helped create American nationalism and lead to the American Revolution. SLO4. Explain the Constitutional Convention, the Articles of Confederation, and the emergence of a democratic nation. SLO5. Explain the U.S. Constitution as it related to the separation of powers, checks and balances, the Bill of Rights, and the major principles of democracy. SLO6. Evaluate the Jeffersonian dream of expansion and its effect on Native Americans SLO7. Describe Jacksonian democracy and the creation of a two party system SLO8. Explain slavery and associated issues that led to the Civil War and its aftermath. Module Titles Module 1—Early American exploration and colonization (SLO1) Module 2—British colonies (SLO2) Module 3—Road to the Revolution and the American Revolution (SLO3) Module 4—Early Republic (SLO4 and SLO5) Module 5—Jacksonian America (SLO 6 and SLO7) Module 6—Road to the Civil War (SLO8) Module 7—Civil War (SLO8) Module 8—Shaping American history: Signature Assignment (all SLOs) Module 1 Early Exploration and Contact with Native Americans Welcome to HIS 120: U.S....
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...1. (TCO 3) At the end of the period it is necessary to close all temporary accounts. (1) Explain why this process is required (10 points) and (2) provide an example of the closing of an expense account, Salary Expense in the form of a journal entry. (10 points) (Points : 20) 1. We have to close temporary accounts at the end of a period because when the temporary accounts are closed, it brings their balances back down to zero. 2. I would Debit Salary Expense and Credit to PayrollExpenses 12/31 DR Salary Expense 1000 Cr Payroll 1000 | 2. (TCO 2) As required to complete Course Project 1, one must follow the cycle that includes 10 steps to complete the accounting cycle. (1) Explain how the debit/credit rules are used when developing journal entries (10 points) and (2) provide an example of the application of the debit/credit rules in the form of a journal entry. (10 points)(Points : 20) 1. In accounting, a debit increases the balance and a credit decreases the balance. The accounts that have a normal debit balance are assets, the owner's equity, expenses and losses. Normal credit balances are liabilities, equity, revenue, and gains. When we debit an account, we raise the balance. When we credit the account, we decrease the balance. Using a double entry system, we would debit one account and credit the other to get the journal in balance.2. An example would be debit rent expense and credit bank account.DR Rent Expense 3000CR Checking...
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...Alexis Marques PSC 168 Extra Credit In Girl Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen, the book starts out in the year of 1967 and introduces an eighteen year old Susanna Kaysen who is in session with a doctor she never seen before; who tells her she has a “pimple and that she has been picking at it.” (pg 7) He then asked her if she has been picking at herself in general and Susanna nods (she agrees to anything that the doctor asks her). The doctor repeats that she has been picking herself and then says “you need a rest.” (pg 7) Before Susanna knows it the doctor makes a call, a taxi comes and he tells the driver to take her to McLean Hospital. Once at McLean, Susanna introduces a girl name Polly who had set herself on fire at one point, and that she was never unhappy, she was kind and comforting and never complained. Susanna describes Polly’s suicide attempt as one having courage and being dangerous at the same time. She compares danger and defeat to when one puts a gun in their mouth and is not able to pull the trigger, which is expressed in this quote: “But you put it there, you taste it, it’s cold and greasy, your finger is on the trigger, and you find that a whole world lies between this moment and the moment you’ve been planning, when you’ll pull the trigger. That world defeats you. You put the gun back in the drawer. You’ll have to find another way.”(pg 17) Susanna then reavles her suicide attempt, which she swallowed fifty aspirins and then went outside and fainted , while...
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...The Most Dangerous Game Connell, Richard Published: 1924 Categorie(s): Fiction, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Detective, Short Stories, Thrillers Source: Feedbooks 1 About Connell: Richard Edward Connell, Jr. (October 28, 1893 – November 23, 1949) was an American author and journalist, best known for his short story "The Most Dangerous Game." Connell was one of the best-known American short story writers of his time and his stories appeared in the Saturday Evening Post and Collier's Weekly. Connell had equal success as a journalist and screenwriter. He was nominated for an Academy Award for best original story for 1941's Meet John Doe. He died of a heart attack in Beverly Hills, California on November 22, 1949 at the age of fifty-six. Copyright: This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. Note: This book is brought to you by Feedbooks http://www.feedbooks.com Strictly for personal use, do not use this file for commercial purposes. 2 "Off there to the right—somewhere—is a large island," said Whitney." It's rather a mystery—" "What island is it?" Rainsford asked. "The old charts call it `Ship-Trap Island,"' Whitney replied." A suggestive name, isn't it? Sailors have a curious dread of the place. I don't know why. Some superstition—" "Can't see it," remarked Rainsford, trying to peer through the dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht. "You've good eyes," said Whitney, with a laugh," and...
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