In 1974‚ due to a series of bad loans‚ charges of criminal embezzlement‚ and other unfortunate circumstances‚ the Union Planters Bank foreclosed on the Stax Record Company and all its property. Included in this seizure was the building where Stax founders‚ Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton‚ set up shop an African American neighborhood at the former Capitol Theater in 1960. By 1980‚ the neighborhood became one of the poorest and most crime-ridden zip codes in the United States and the property held
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Early in the 1830’s‚ there were about 125‚000 Native Americans that inhabited the areas of the present Florida‚ Georgia‚ Alabama‚ North Carolina‚ and Tennessee which covers millions of acres. The Native Americans and their ancestors had cultivated and occupied these lands for generations. It had been a growing importance to expand the United States of America and to be able to use the resources that surrounded them to grow as a country; cotton for example. For this to occur‚ the lands that were thought
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Andrew Jackson‚ the 7th president of the United States began his life in less than ideal conditions. His father died before he was born‚ and his two brothers and mother died when he was a teen. He served in the American Revolution and was a mounted courier. After the war‚ he studied law and became a public prosecutor. Jackson settled in Nashville‚ TN and lost a large majority of his accumulated wealth. When the war of 1812‚ occurred‚ Jackson readily applied to join the army‚but was only given the
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: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. Why I chose this book is because I enjoy reading history and this book relates to history. This book is mainly about how the beginning of the Ku Klux Klan began in Pulaski‚ Tennessee. It shows how they spread throughout the country and how it created much violence for America. One thing that I learned form the novel was that it all started by 6 young men in 1866 by the seven words “Boys‚ let us get up a club”. Once this began
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Indians‚ stopping the Second Bank of the U.S‚ and the Nullification Crisis he demonstrated that United States is more of a nation‚ rather than just states with federal laws and agreements. After a long ride Jackson finally returned to his family in Tennessee‚ and passed away at the age of seventy-eight. He was the seventh president of the United
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their homelands to Indian Territory. It was a trail of blood‚ a trail of death‚ but ultimately it was known as the "Trail of Tears". Throughout Jackson’s two terms as President‚ Jackson used his power unjustly. As a man from the Frontier State of Tennessee and a leader in the Indian wars‚ Jackson loathed the Native Americans. Keeping with consistency‚ Jackson found a way to use his power incorrectly to eliminate the Native Americans. In May 1830‚ President Andrew Jackson signed into law the Indian
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I’m sure as kids we all wanted to grow up and join a rock band‚ or become a singer‚ but for some they still have that dream. Many of these people usually follow their dream by moving to Nashville or Los Angeles and perform in restaurant or on the streets and for some their dreams came true very easily‚ but for others it takes a lot of work and passion to reach their goals and this did happen for one man‚ and his name was Sam. He always dreamed of one day facing an enormous crowd of people and singing
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3.3.4 Journal: Your Experiences on the Trail U.S. History Sem 1 (S2529194) Points possible: 20 Journal Date: ____________ PreWriting 1. Who were you on the Trail of Tears? (1 point) Tennessee Rogers 2. Begin by listing your character’s experiences. If you have many‚ list just the four most interesting ones. (1 point) I leave my home and only able to pack what the army will allow‚ it is almost winter. I have to hunt with a blowdart gun because my gun was taken away
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Indians‚ because I have Indian in me from down the line. Cherokee Indians colonized to the United States. They are residents of the United States in the southeast region‚ such places as Georgia‚ North and South Carolina‚ Virginia‚ Kentucky‚ and Tennessee‚ but most of them were forced to move to Oklahoma in the 1800s. Cherokee Indians engaged the discriminatory policies so that the African Natives could not receive the tribal benefits and so that they wouldn’t have the right to vote in the tribal
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After years of trying to come up with a plan‚ Andrew Jackson passed this act to relocate Indians from the southeast to designated territories out west. The United States gained control over 3/4th of Alabama and Florida‚ as well as parts of Georgia‚ Tennessee‚ Mississippi‚ Kentucky and North Carolina after the relocation (PBS). In 1823‚ the Supreme Court passed a decision saying that the natives "right of occupancy" was less important than the United States’ "right of discovery" (PBS). The Native American
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