First American’s to explore the Yosemite Valley in California. On California they experienced their first earthquake and even saw the redwood trees. He also named one of the trails he made Walker Pass. Early in his career, he served as the sheriff in Jackson County for two terms. Humboldt Sink the Digger attacked him twice. After his years of service he settled down California in 1867 and retired. He died in Contra Costa County, California on the 13th of November, 1872 in his own
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After the treaties made with Isaac Stevens, the Nez Perce retained a large part of their homeland, but with white settlers streaming in from all over, the U.S.A. tried to pry more land from them. With multiple murders of indians by white people, the Nez Perce leaders were called to a meeting with U.S. general Oliver Otis Howard. They jailed their leader, Toohoolhoolzote, humiliating the Nez Perce as well as giving them a 30 day period to move to the reservation. After the general gave them a deadline
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The era of the “common man” refers to the openness of politics to all white male citizens, instead of the restricted few of elite property owners. The Jacksonian Period has lived up to its characterization of the “common man” through politics, reform movements, and economic development. Politics during the Jacksonian Period were widely extended, as new groups were given the right to vote. Before the 1820s, states secured electoral votes to white male property owners or taxpayers. When new states
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Josie Mansfield was a struggling actress in New York who aspired to be on the more respectable side of the art when she met Jim Fisk. The wealthy financier was completely smitten by her and within the first hour of their encounter, he became her provider. Fisk met Edward Stokes through his work and arranged for Stokes and Mansfield to meet. Josie was enamored by Stokes and decided to leave Fisk, but wanted to retain access to his money. This led to a path of blackmail and lawsuits. When Stokes learned
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“No need to think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody” (Andrew Jackson). Andrew Jackson was one of the most controversial presidents in US history; he had done many good and bad things that made him both a hero and a villain. But we are faced with another imperative question- does he deserve to be on the $20 bill? While he has a good list of accomplishments, the villainous things he had done overpower them, and in the end he should not have
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President Andrew Jackson Has faced many controversies during his time as president. Though he may have faced them well he still had a hard time with them. Three problems that he faced when he was president was the South Carolina nullification of the tariff, the National Bank, and the Native Americans. The United States has put a tariff on items for selling them to other countries and South Carolina didn’t like that. They said that it was harder for them to sell cotton because of the tariff. South
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Some may say that Jackson didn’t do anything wrong and everything bad that happened wasn’t his fault. However, I highly disagree. I fully believe that Andrew Jackson is guilty of degrading the office of the presidency. This is because of the choices Jackson made which led to big problems facing the U.S citizens. Not everything was his fault, but he was definitely a reason problems got worse. Jackson’s personality was very different from other presidents. For example, Thomas Jefferson was a comman
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Who is the best President? In this arguementative essay i will be debating who is the better president Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and George Washington. I will be telling some strengths and some weaknessess of each president. First i will be talking about Abraham lincoln and what some of his strengths and weaknessess are. Some strengths that Abraham had was that he "would, however, be the figure to eventually end slavery." and he also finished the civil war between the North and South. Overall
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Was there ever more to Davy Crockett’s name than just a bunch of tall tales? Did you know that he preferred to be called David? But, was there a reason he went down in Texas history as a heroic Alamo defender? In 1955 Disney even made a movie about his life called, Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier. Well, the story of Davy Crockett started all the way back in good ol’ state of Tennessee. David Stern Crockett was the fifth son of nine children. He was born on August 17, 1786 in Greene County
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What might 19th century Native Americans have said about Manifest Destiny? Why would they have taken this perspective? Do you think that Native Americans enjoyed the Manifest Destiny? The answer is no. Native American tribes split apart, moved completely, got taken away from their homeland and were thrown into a new world or them. According to the Kansas Historical Society, “No tribe liked the idea. . . . Some tribes, like the Potawatomi, split apart over the stress of removal. . . . No one was
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