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    attending college full-time. I am interested in Early Childhood Education because I enjoy working with children. My goal is to be an Elementary Special Ed teacher. I also plan to become a school counselor within the next five years. I will graduate from Seminole with my associates degree and then transfer to East Central University to further my education. The reason I chose special education is because I have two boys that require special education in their public school setting. I have worked very closely

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    Major Robert Anderson

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    graduated from the United States West Point Military Academy. At West Point he earned a commission and became a second lieutenant in the 2nd regiment Artillery. And from there he joined Lincoln in and out of service. He was first lieutenant‚ then Seminole as assistant general to Winfield Scott‚ then captain in 1841. He was wounded in the Mexican American war where he was commanded and received a Brevet Major. He was the Major of the Union Army in 1957. Major Anderson was a slave owner back in Kentucky

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    Jackson’s pledge to forcibly move the Native Americans to a location west of the Mississippi River resulted in the Indian Removal Act in 1830. One of the largest tragedies in history‚ this act of relocating tribes such as the Cherokee‚ Chickasaw‚ Creek‚ Seminole‚ and Choctaw is known as the Trail of Tears. These tribes passed through Cadron during their treacherous relocation. With over 14‚000 Cherokees being relocated and 4‚000 deaths; therefore‚ the Cadron Settlement Park should be a significant

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    the Indians. They wanted them to be part of their society so they tried to Christianize them‚ civilize them‚ gave them the chance to attain literacy. Some Tribes resisted and some followed‚ especially the "Five Civilized Tribes"-which included the Seminoles‚ Cherokee‚ Creeks‚ Choctaw‚ and the Chickasaw. The Native Americans related to these tribes went to school‚ learned about agriculture‚ owned private property‚ and even owned black slaves. They became very open to the idea of joining the

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    In 1838 and 1839 Andrew Jackson from Tennessee was forceful on Indian Removal‚ and from 1814 to 1824 jackson was instrumental in negotiating nine out of 11 treaties‚ which had devastated the southern tribes of their eastern lands in the west. So the Cherokee indians were tired of it so they went to the supreme court. The n in 1830 Jackson pushed a whole new piece of legislation called the “Indian Removal Act”. Jackson’s attitude towards the Native Americans came off as rude because he did not like

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    Tyranny of Andrew Jackson

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    The Tyranny of Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson: the common man or the first king of America? He is viewed by history in many different ways‚ some see him as the man who granted universal white male suffrage‚ created a more democratic way to elect electoral voters to congress and replaced caucuses with national nominating conventions; and others‚ who saw past this false representation and saw how in his eight years in office‚ he vetoed 12 bills‚ forced Native Americans from their homeland‚ ignored supreme

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    These two events are what caused the first Seminole War to begin

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    One of the major “selling points” for mistreatment and the removal of Native Americans was that they were a alien like people who were uncivilized and simple. The dislike for the Native Americans was apparent well before the Indian Removal Act‚ many presidents before Jackson had talked of the importance of europeanizing the Native Americans. Settlers came to know this as the “Indian Problem‚” and their solution for this “problem” was to civilize the Natives by teaching them european ways including

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    the Cherokees‚ Creeks‚ Choctaws‚ Chickasaws‚ and Seminoles. President Jackson wanted to move the Indians so the white men could expand. • In 1830‚ Congress passed the Indian Removal Act. It moved more than 100‚000 Indians living east of the Mississippi to reservations west of the Mississippi. The five "civilized" tribes were hardest hit. • Black Hawk‚ who led Sauk and Fox braves from Illinois and Wisconsin‚ resisted the eviction. • The Seminoles in Florida retreated to the Everglades‚ fighting

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    Andrew Jackson Pros and Cons        Pros  Cons  He was the first self­made man to become  President.  Before he was president‚ he invaded Florida  against orders.  He was only instructed to  capture runaway slaves but he conquered the  territory and wiped out entire Seminole villages.  He was a supporter of the “common man” ­ he  felt the government was only helping the rich.  While in Florida‚ he executed two British officers‚  which was against the orders he had been given  by his own military court.  He was the hero of the Battle of New Orleans ­ 

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