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    How Democratic was Andrew Jackson? Old Hickory never backed away from a fight. Even at seventy-five Andrew Jackson was still fighting and leaving a trail of card games‚ busted up taverns‚ liquor bottles‚ and bloody noses in his wake which earned him the nickname Old Hickory. Jackson became a lawyer on the North Carolina Frontier at age twenty-one and later moved west to Tennessee where he settled down with his wife. In 1815‚ Jackson was made an American hero because he and his troops were victorious

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    UNITIVE BOND BETWEEN THE USA AND THE CHEROKEE TRIBE. SHE ACCOMPLISHED THIS THROUGH PROMOTING EQUALITY FOR THE COMMON NATIVE AMERICAN. THIS IS RELATABLE TO THE OPTION FOR THE POOR. BEFORE HER RISE TO LEADERSHIP‚ NATIVE AMERICANS WERE FORCED TO RELOCATE TO THE CITIES WHERE MANY STRUGGLED TO MAINTAIN A LIVING. WILMA BROUGHT MANY BACK TO OKLAHOMA WHERE SHE IMPROVED THE JOB OUTLOOK AND BROADENED THE EDUCATION SYSTEM. LASTLY‚ WILMA FELT CALLED TO LEADERSHIP IN THE CHEROKEE TRUBE‚ HER COMMUNITY‚ AND WAS ABLE

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    United States would most definitely be different. The first major move of the United States government was setting up The Bureau of Indian Affairs. With this as well the US army established an outpost in Oklahoma to prepare for the relocation of the Cherokee and Choctaw tribes to the new established Indian Territory. This was all set up in 1824 and really got the ball rolling with Indian removal. The Bureau of Indian Affairs was set up by the department of the interior and their main goal was to oversee

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    • The word "pueblo" comes from the Spanish word "town". Spanish explorers first came across the Indians in the 16th century. • In most Pueblo tribes men were responsible for farming and warfare where as women took care of the home and family. • War/Battle of Acoma Pueblo‚ January 1599 o Spanish conquistadors Vs. Acoma Native Americans o Modern day New Mexico o For the first two days the Spanish and Acoma skirmished inconclusively until Zaldivar developed a plan to breach the pueblo using a small

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    market. The particular segments relating closely to this target market are that of age‚ income‚ lifestyle‚ location and personality. The age group of the consumers are of families with parents over the age of 28 with a high income to obtain a Jeep Cherokee and Range Rover‚ and a middle income to purchase and maintain and Prado or Pajero. The lifestyle of these consumers is an outgoing‚ outdoorsy adventurous family who would enjoy camping or off road driving in the location of bush or places of rough

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    On this day‚ the cowboy philosopher and humorist Will Rogers‚ one of the most beloved entertainers of the early 20th century‚ is born on a ranch in Cherokee Indian territory. The son of a venerated commixed-blood Cherokee couple‚ William Penn Adair Rogers grew up riding and roping on the plains of Oklahoma. A nonchalant student‚ he earned only average grades in school‚ but he was by no designates the ill-inculcated mundane man that he later relished to pretend. He was‚ in fact‚ highly literate and

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    disrespected entirely. For an example‚ Andrew Jackson treated native tribes such as the Cherokee as little toddlers and he was the father of all tribe stating‚ “They were children in need of guidance”(PBS)‚ in addition‚ when Thomas Jefferson appointed Jackson his campaign against indians to collect Creek and Cherokee lands‚ he advised his troops to ambush native tribes and exterminate all women including children from

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    lived settled lives in farming communities. The Cherokee had written their own constitution‚ based on the United States Constitution‚ they had started a newspaper‚ and had built roads‚ schools‚ and churches. As immigrants poured into the United States‚ however‚ land became scarce. The Indians had land; the settlers wanted it. Suddenly‚ it was not enough that some of the native tribes had become very much like the white Americans. At first‚ the Cherokee in Georgia tried to fight the Indian Removal Act

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    Native Americans still lived in their native lands for the most part‚ however‚ white men considered them to be a threat to their peace. So in 1838‚ the Federal government had what they called the “Five Civilized Tribes” removed. These tribes were the Cherokee‚ Choctaw‚ Chickasaw‚ Creek‚ and Seminole. They were force to march‚ under cruel conditions‚ through the cold winter weather‚ up to 800 miles from their homelands to the “Indian Territory”‚ which happens to now be Oklahoma. During this move known

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    warfare between the Iroquois and Cherokee gave Kentucky its name‚ the "dark and bloody ground." The Dark and Bloody Ground State: This nickname refers to the Indian battles‚ between Creek‚ Shawnee‚ Chickasaw‚ Cherokee and other tribes‚ that took place along the Cumberland River in Kentucky and Tennessee. Some have said that the land was described in this way to Daniel Boone by an Indian Chief. According to The Kentucky Blue Book‚ "Dragging Canoe‚ a young Cherokee chief opposed to selling ancestral

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