Essays on Cherokee

Introduction The history of United States is rich with cultural heritage that have now reflected to the diversity people living in the nation. However, everything never came too easy because numerous pains, struggles and sufferings have resulted to obtain the concept of American freedom that every United States citizen now enjoys. For African Americans, a…

            The “Trail of Tears” is one of the bleakest and most tragic moments in the history of the United States. The symbolic name of the “Trail of Tears” is given to the removal of the Native Americans from their territories in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama and yet a few other…

1. What is the major theme (recurring idea) in this chapter. The major theme in this chapter was about the Native Americans and their survival due to the Americans taking their land, spreading diseases, and raiding their towns. 2. What evidence does Zinn cite to illustrate the overall impact of Indian removal? The evidence Zinn…

The initial colonization of the North American continent brought with it continual conflict between white settlers and Native Americans. Populated areas quickly became overcrowded, leaving the influx of new arrivals to settle outlying lands that belonged to the local Indian tribes, who were often unwilling to move. The United States government created many oppressive, anti-Indian…

The Apache Indians of North America prospered for years throughout Kansas, New Mexico, and Arizona. They were a religious society who believed in a ‘giver of life’;. As any complex society today, The Apache had many inter-tribal differences, although the tribe as a whole was able to see through these conflicts. Women and the extended…

Andrew Jackson, the common man and seventh president of the united States, was a tyrant. He had a tendency to step over his limits of power when he was passionate towards a cause. However, It could be Justified that his actions were In favor of the people. A famous Incident Jackson was Involved In was…

            The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was one of the most controversial policies of former United States President Andrew Jackson. This statute forced the Cherokee nation to surrender to the federal government its lands and to relocate to present-day Oklahoma. Out of the 15,000 Cherokees who were obliged to migrate, at least 4,000 died…

The Indian Removal Act declaring that the government had the power to relocate Native Americans in the southeast to the west of the Mississippi River. The first start of the removal of the Cherokee Indians started in the state of Georgia. Georgia Legislature in 1802 signed a compact giving the federal government claims to western…

The outside of the museum is beautiful. It has the best fountain and water display out of all the Smithsonian museums. Not much detail if you ask me! Confusing layout and artifacts are lacking. The exhibits seemed more commercial than historical. The focus was far too much about how the settlers took over their land,…