MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. “I Have a Dream” I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago‚ a great American‚ in whose symbolic shadow we all stand today‚ signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon of hope to millions of negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering
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Did you know our former president Andrew Jackson came from poverty? Or that he was the first president to have an assassination attempt made on him while he was in office? The Weider History Group states “Jackson’s presidency is often called the first modern presidency because of his belief that the President is not just an executive but a representative of the people‚ much like a Congressman but for all the people rather than those of a specific district. Andrew Jackson was born in a Waxhaw settlement
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Since the founding of the Constitution‚ the leaders of the U.S. had preserved the supremacy of the federal government over local governments. However‚ during the 1820s and 1830s‚ the tide turned with the introduction of Jacksonian Democracy. Followers of Andrew Jackson believed they were the moral guardians of the constitution and used it to protect states rights. They believed in having as little government as possible. Their policies were aimed at the "common man" and sought to bring individual
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Physical Geology: Term Paper The break that now separates the Ouachita Mountains from the Appalachians‚ a feature known as the Mississippi Embayment‚ constitutes one of the largest and least understood landforms of the central U.S. In the article‚ “The Mississippi’s Curious Origins” the authors‚ Roy B. Van Arsdale and Randel T. Cox shed light on the mysterious Mississippi Embayment. They begin by explaining the origins of the horseshoe-shaped lowland that is underlain by massive quantities of
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Another interesting tribe was the Shawnee. Linguistically Algonquian and known as the ’people from the south‚’ the Shawnee were tall and muscular‚ with coarse features and exceptionally prominent cheekbones. They were diligent cultivators of the soil until expulsion from Kentucky and North Carolina forced them to lead a wandering existence. Permitted by the Delaware and Iroquois to enter Pennsylvania‚ they settled on the flats below Philadelphia‚ in the forks of the Delaware as far north as the Minisink
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Caleb Shepherd Mr. Bartley History 8-3 3 March 2017 The President Andrew Jackson A president who has single handedly‚ with some help from his kitchen cabinet‚ ran the whole president’s office and won the Nullification Crisis which could have separated the whole U.S. in a different direction of how it is today. The president Andrew Jackson helped improve presidency‚ acted upon his opinion‚ and made many different changes that impacted the United States. Andrew Jackson was considered a hero and
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In the 18th century‚ the U.S. military made over 100‚000 Native Americans who lived in the Southwestern United States move to what they had called Indian Territory. Many of them walked this journey‚ they did not have enough food or water and there were many illnesses going around which caused people to become sick and then die. Eventually‚ this awful journey was called the Trail of Tears. Andrew Jackson‚ who was the president at the time was the one who porpent the removal of Indians. In 1814
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Martin Luther King Jr is a Baptist minister and social activist. He led the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S in the 1950’s.Supporters have said he is amazing leader and his speeches are very motivational. Martin Luther King a Baptist minister and Civil-rights activist‚ had impact on race relations in the U.S. Martin Luther King was a great leader who had very motivational speeches and never gave up to make people equal. Martin Luther King Jr Philosophy is about nonviolence and he just wants
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The Indian Claims Commission Act of 1946 was established to hear any claims of the Indian tribes against the federal government for the unfair treatments. The federal government tried to utilize this act to deal with the long period of resentment of Indians as a reward for their contributions in the World War II. Hundreds of petitions from the Indians were submitted under this act. This act was positive to the Indians and the federal government has spend over 800 million dollars in dealing with these
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It is speculated that the Cherokee tribe migrated to the Southeast between the years 600 and 1000; centuries before the first regular contact with Europeans. In the years before the 1500’s‚ when the Europeans started settling in America‚ the Cherokee lived an exceptionally sedentary lifestyle with the women doing mostly farm work while the men hunted. However‚ as contact with the white Europeans grew more common‚ the Cherokee developed a sense of dependence on them for goods and a more “civilized”
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