Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson may have been our seventh president, but he was first in many ways. He was the first populist president who did not come from the aristocracy, he was the first to have his vice-president resign ( John C. Calhoun), he was the first to marry a divorcee, he was the first to be nominated ....

Cherokee Nation
In the early 1700s, the Cherokee Indian's population estimated between 17,000 and 21,000. The Cherokee Indians were organized and functioned independently, before the Whiteman came. "Cherokee territory prior to European contact included portions of West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennesse....

Gambling: History, Techniques, Casinos, and Their Impact on Native American Affairs
Over the past twenty or so years, great wealth and improved economic and social conditions have been promised to communities that have embraced legalized gambling. Gamblers who come to casinos with the intention of winning money are habitually disappointed. As casino crime lord, Meyer Lanskys univ....

Jacksonian Democracy DBQ
D.B.Q. It is agreeable that the Jacksonian Democrats perceived themselves as strict guardians of the United States Constitution. It is not agreeable with how they went about preserving the political democracy, individual liberty, and equality of economic opportunity they stood for. While trying....

Jacksonian Period
In the 1820s and 1830s America was dominated by Jacksonian Democracy. Although the Jacksonian Democrats viewed themselves as guardians of the Constitution, democracy and individual liberty, they actually disregarded the essential characteristics of American society. The disregard of essent....

John Ross:Leader of the Cherokee Tragedy
John Ross: Leader of the Cherokee Tragedy Principal chief of the Cherokee Nation John Ross misled his people and gave them false hopes to the point of detriment. In 1833, a group of Cherokee men banded together with the main goal of negotiating a treaty of removal with the U.S. government....

Manifest Destiny
The idea of Manifest Destiny was a heavy influence in America in the 1800's. This idea was the reason for the more rapid expansion of people from the East of the United States to the Western frontier. Manifest Destiny itself was not an official act but it inspired the passing of other acts like the ....

Nunna daul Tsuny
Nunna daul Tsuny is directly translated as The trail where they cried. Between 1838 and 1839 the Cherokee Indians, along with other tribes, were forced out of their own lands by the whites, which later came to be known as the Trail of Tears. These Indians had remarkably unfortunate but respecta....

Personal and National Paternalism in Barbara Kingsolver's Novels
Personal and National Paternalism in Barbara Kingsolver's Novels A Literary Analysis The etymological relationship between "father" and "homeland" goes back to the Latin words for both: pater (father) and patria (country). Fatherland, Vaterland, patrie... all these words meaning "home country" b....

The Indians
The major American aspiration during the 1790s through the 1860s was westward expansion. Americans looked to the western lands as an opportunity for large amounts of free land, for growth of industry, and manifest destiny. This hunger for more wealth and property, led Americans conquer lands that w....

The Trail Of Tears
The Trail of Tears "We are now about to take our leave and kind farewell to our native land, the country that Great Spirit gave our Fathers, we are on the eve of leaving that country that gave us birth?it is with sorrow we are forced by the white man to quit the scenes of our childhood....

Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears, was it unjust and inhumane? What happened to the Cherokee during that long and treacherous journey? They were brave and listened to the government, but they recieved unproductive land and lost their tribal land.The white settlers were already emigrating to the Union, or America. ....

trail of tears
Trail of Tears During Andrew Jacksons presidency, he did many things for the common people. The common people often referred to him as the common man. He got rid of the National bank because he believed that it was only beneficial to the upper class and not the lower class. President Ja....

United States Expansionism: 1790s- 1860s
United States Expansionism: 1790s- 1860s The major American aspiration during the 1790s through the 1860s was westward expansion. Americans looked to the western lands as an opportunity for large amounts of free land, for growth of industry, and manifest destiny. This hunger for more wealth a....

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