Transcontinental Railroad Expansion

Many civilians living in the United States were ashamed of what was happening, but Andrew wanted to fight for what he thought was right. According to “Jackson Battles the Bank,” Andrew Jackson also took away some rights when he fought the national bank by himself. Jackson believed the national bank was used to benefit the rich. The government and civilians should have voted on that decision. Instead, Jackson did everything by

The government made them walk without provisions and rest. Without these necessities 5000 of the natives died. Andrew Jackson is held responsible for these deaths as a result of not taking care of them. In 1840, thousands upon thousands of Native Americans were uprooted from their homes as a consequence of Jackson’s immoral action.. In 1907, indian territory was gone and the land, now emptie of natives, became oklahoma.

The Shoshone were tired of fighting, and they agreed to sign a treaty that granted them $3,000 worth of food, and no more trouble from the whites.. While this treaty did stop the fighting, Garland Hurt wasn’t qualified to negotiate a treaty, and the “treaty” was never ratified. However, no one knew yet, so the miners left and the Shoshones returned to their normal

His large ego made him desire to conquer all of Europe due to losses in recent wars, such as the war with Spain and at the Battle of Waterloo. Napoleón’s greatest mistake came in 1812 after the continental system Russian Czar refused to stop trading with the British. Alexander pulled back his troops and rather than turn over Russia's Holy City he set it in flames. Russian army attacks Napoleon and his retreating soldiers compassionless. Fighting and due to the poor weather conditions the number of his soldiers diminished in the December the remaining soldiers retreated, and were left with a rough count of 10,000 soldiers.

If someone is caught violating the laws it will result in civil penalties up to $11,000 or criminal penalties up to $100,000 plus, one year of prison time. I am against whale poaching and believe it is a major wrongdoing in the world. Two thousand whales die a year for almost no reason. This is why whale poaching should be illegal all around the world.

I told the Colonel that he was a liar and had no honor, I asked him if he was ever going to send me to India and before I knew it his sword came out of his scabbard like a lightning bolt. I would have been dead if Bukong didn’t overhear and step right in with his cane and start beating me. I was certain, with tears rushing down my cheeks and pain going throughout my body, that I was a dead man. Thankfully Sonji pulled the crazy man off of me. It took me three days to recover and when I was well enough they forced me to beg for forgiveness which I did for a good several minutes.

The colonization of America began with the landing of Christopher Columbus in 1492. The Europeans that arrived in the America 's brought with them hope and thoughts for a new beginning in life, the dream of new beginnings for home and family however, the unexpected arose as they also brought diseases that were not indigenous to the native tribes already settled on the North American Continent. These diseases decimated the native population as well as the European settlers that landed in 1492. The lack of immunity against these diseases allowed infections to spread rapidly and caused those infected to die painful deaths. This was not looked upon by the natives positively, in fact, this was the catalyst that began the conflict between the native

The Indian removal act of May 28,1830 is a law that is moving Indians to the west of Mississippi River & not let them stay in the southeast where they belong.The pyramid lake war is a search for gold because in Nevada the white were searching for gold in the Paiute territory & the white were (not on purpose) they were destroying natural resources while they were looking for gold.The Mexican-American war is about the rights of Texas & the United States of America paid Mexico $15 million for the land that later became know as California.Dawes act of February 8,1887 is that act of separating Indian tribes with 160 to 360 acres of land or grazing land if any Indian follows the act & "helps them" fit in with the white 's,but in reality it "helps" them create classes of federally depended Indians.This are some of the many event that included the Paiute tribe.Other examples are "Indian appropriation act of March 3,1871" & "The massacre at wounded knee of December 29,1890.That what the Paiute tribe influenced in the western

It has been a long 4 months since blood has been shed in the, already finished, Battle of Gettysburg. The battle lasted three long, hellish days, of blood, sickness, amputated limbs, death and everything else that comes along with war. For all that I know, General Lee is completely insane to have tried to invade the North; why would he do that? Already contradicting what I have previously said, insanity is not really the word; overconfidence would be it. Seeing as though he came from a series of wins, it is not a surprise that General Lee would become overconfident, but with overconfidence comes the sense that victory is guaranteed; which is not.

The Wild West really was as violent as they said .cattle, cowboys and the Great Plains. But Hollywood did not define it as it really was back in the 1800s… it was only their stories. Railroads, mines, Cowtown’s and Indian wars just some terrors of the untamed west. Gold explosives and a chance of land and a better life all seemed appropriate for death rates to be so high especially in bondie ca. during 1878-1882 the number of annual deaths went up the number of people that died…116”the highest death rates where in the mining towns” .during the infamous gold rush that’s all anybody wanted wanted back then.

He caused the death of hundreds of Indians. The Indian Removal Act was put in place to get land from the Indians to expand America. Courts told Jackson that he couldn 't take the Indians land. While the law was passed by congress. Andrew Jackson didn 't care he forced them walk to new land and hundreds of Indians died which was the Trail of Tears.

The Oglala tribe fought the U.S. army. The Oglala had defeated the U.S Red Cloud was the first chief that had ever beat the army and was also the last to defeat them. During the Lakota war chief crazy horse and chief sitting bull were fighting with him but he did not want to join them in the fight. So he fought by himself. After the Lakota war they had problems at their home land with the U.S looking for the gold.

The Transcontinental Railway was a huge undertaking for the still young country, and took many men to complete, and reshaped the country as we know it. This will examine how the Transcontinental Railway was built, who built it and the problems that were encountered during the build. It will also look at how the railroad impacted the country economically. And last it will tell how it helped settle the western frontier, and how those people lived. Before the building of the Transcontinental Railway travel across the continent was slow.

There were more than 500 treaties that was made and broken by the U.S. government. The well-known treaty was the treaty of Fort Laramie which was to bring peace with the europeans and the sioux to settle by the black hills, but a miner found gold traces in the black hills and the U.S. broke the treaty. Then the government decided to put the Lakotas, Dakotas, and Nakotas into reservations so they can stop raiding settlements and U.S. Forts. Before there were more 1 million native americans, but by the 19th century, there were estimated 237,000 left in the country. Should cultural treasures be returned to their country of origin?

government broke its promises, some of the Dakota Indians went to war against the white settlers. Many Dakota did not join in, choosing to aid and protect settlers instead. The fighting lasted six weeks and many people on both sides were killed or fled Minnesota. Former Minnesota governor Henry Sibley led an expedition of soldiers and Dakota scouts against the Dakota warriors. The war ended on December 26, 1862, when thirty-eight Dakota Indians were hanged in Mankato in the largest mass execution in U.S. history.