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    My Journey

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    My name is Willow. When the trail of tears was finally over I was fifteen. I had seen what no other fifteen year should ever have to see‚ I’ve seen many deaths. I watched my best friend be shot. Anyway I was the oldest child in my family. I had two little sisters how I loved very much. They were strong but not strong enough. They caught a disease that killed them both. Now its just my parents and I. It is very hard to stay strong in such sad times. Depression has taken over my mother already‚ the

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    Election of 1824 Jackson – president v.s. popular man JQ Adams Against general Jackson 土耳其 Clay no result pass to congress Jackson with army against politics (J.Q. Adams work with Clay) > Clay become secretary of state Jackson won the popular‚ but does not matter = According to Jackson and is supporters the election of 1824 was known as the A) Corrupt Bargain *Election of 1828 Jackson predict that he will won Jackson vs Adams Jackson won On this day in 1806

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    the United States more than tripled in size‚ covering the entire width of the continent. Throughout this period‚ they united states acquired land through several different methods including the Louisiana purchase of 1803‚ the war of 1812‚ the trail of tears‚ the Mexican cession‚ and the compromise of 1850. Each of which came with its own group of supporters and opponents with different reasons of why or why not. However‚ every debate ultimately led to the United States government’s actions‚ which

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    In the past‚ American Indians were treated poorly by the white people they came in contact with. Not only did the whites discriminate against the Indians‚ they took their land‚ children‚ and made false interpretations about the way they lived. The whites had no idea about the indians ways of life and should not have been mocking them. All of these instances and many more made the Indians feel belittled and irrelevant in the eyes of other people. In eighteen thirty President Andrew Jackson along

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    signed the Indian Removal Act which allowed the government to move the Indians out of cotton rich land‚ and into Indian reservations out west. This travel took a toll on many of the tribes‚ and the journey the Indians took came to be known as the “Trail of Tears”. In addition‚ there was the Supreme Court case of Cherokee Nation v. Georgia‚ where the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Cherokee Nation. This ruling of the Supreme Court did not stop Jackson and his followers from driving the Cherokees off

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    Andrew Jackson Villain

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    Andrew Jackson‚ Was He a Great President or a Villain? Christina Nguyen November 18‚ 2015 US I HIS 121 Fall 15 Instructor: Verzosa   President Andrew Jackson‚ the first man from the western state of Tennessee voted into office in 1828‚ was one of the most controversial president in American history. As the American political party system takes its shape‚ Andrew Jackson became the leader of the newly established Democratic Party. Andrew Jackson represented and appealed to the common man. Jackson

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    Before Andrew Jackson became president‚ he came off as an average man living in middle class America. He pulled his "Average Joe" persona off like a pro and got elected into the White house as a "man of the people". However‚ Jackson may have been a common man‚ but he wielded power like a king. Kings have a difficult job. They have to walk the fine line of being strict enough that the subjects won’t throw a fit when they don’t get what they want but at the same time not being too dictatorial

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    Jacksonian Democrats

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    Jacksonian Democrats believed themselves to be representatives of the common people. The Jacksonian Democrats had great success in strengthening political democracy. However‚ they failed in their self-appointed roles as the guardians of the United States Constitution‚ individual liberty‚ and the equality of economic opportunity. The Jacksonian Democrats fully utilized the executive branch’s outlined powers of the United States Constitution; however‚ the Jacksonians were the main beneficiaries

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    reported to have said‚ “John Marshall has made his decision. Now let him enforce it!” (O’Neill 11). By the end of the decade‚ tens of thousands of Indians had been moved west. Thousands died on the long‚ difficult march‚ which became known as the Trail of

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    Natives of Hawaii. Instead‚ they put in their own form of government and structure‚ ridding the Natives of their wants. This is also reflected in the American treatment of Native Americans‚ who they forced off their land in events such as the Trail of Tears (‘Trail of

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