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- 1781: The Trail Of Tears
- ... new capital call New Echota, Georgia and then eventually to the Indian Territory. The Indian Territory was declared in the Act of Congress in 1830 with the Indian Removal Policy. Elias Boudinot, Major Ridge, and John Ridge and there corps accepted the responsibility for the removal of one of the largest tribes in the Southeast that were the earliest to adapt to European ways. There was a war involving the Cherokee ... which they didn't know ho to do. They built a capital city called Tahlequah, and their nation was declared in September 6, 1839. Their culture was bred here along their new way of life. John Ross who was elected by the Cherokee as the President of the Cherokee nation in 1827 continues his roll in the land, shared with another seventy tribes. They had opened up schools in the Indian ...
- 1782: The Contenders
- For the presidential election of 1856, the Democrats nominated James Buchanan and John Breckenridge, the newly formed Republican party nominated John Fremont and William Drayton, the American [or Know-Nothing] party nominated former president Millard Fillmore and Andrew Donelson, and the Abolition Party nominated Gerrit Smith and Samuel McFarland. Buchanan started his political career as a ...
- 1783: The Gilded Age
- ... dominant, they actually contributed more than they took. “While the stereotype contains much truth, it overlooks a redeeming aspect of that opulent time: our harshest industrial overlords proved our most enlightened philanthropists. The lives of John D. Rockafeller and Andrew Carnegie, tough men from hardscrabble backgrounds who lacked college education, furnish rich lessons for would-be benefactors. They transcended the sentiment and haphazard methods of Victorian charity, substituting the rigor of ... Millionaire’s Club that would in any way cripple themselves. The millionaire’s did not just control the legislature, either. “Harrison’s cabinet was sometimes called the ‘Businessman’s Cabinet’ because it included the merchant John Wanamaker and the marble king of Vermont, Redfield Proctor”(Cochran&Miller163). The executive and legislative branches were being controlled by a group that could not call themselves unbiased if forced to. American government had become ...
- 1784: The Trancontinental Railroad
- ... absurd. In 1832, Dr. Hartwell Carver of Rochester proposed a railroad that would connect the East Coast to the West Coast, and lawmakers laughed at him. Again, in 1838, another man by the name of John Plum sent a petition to Washington asking the government to fund a Transcontinental Railroad. Congress said that, asking the government “To build a railroad to the moon” was impractical (Blumberg 11). In 1845, Asa Whitney ... other nations, such as the Cheyenne Indians faced extinction over what the United States called a triumphBlumberg, Roda. Full Steam Ahead. Washington, D.C: National Geographic Society, 1996. Chinese Exclusion. Columbia University Press, 1993. Faragher, John. The American Heritage Encyclopedia of American History. New York: Henry Holt Company, Inc., 1998. Geoffrey, Ward. The West. Boston: The West Project, Inc., 1996. Klein, Maury. Unfinished Business. United States of America: The University Press ...
- 1785: Reconstruction
- ... plans were quite lenient, accepting the seceded states back into the Union even if by vote only a minority of a state’s white males took an oath of loyalty to the United States. However, John Wilkes Booth assassinated him before any of his plans could go into action. His replacement, vice president Andrew Johnson, a democrat, was left in a difficult predicament. Public opinion at the time favored that the ... 1861-1876. New York: Time Inc, 1974 Foner, Eric, Mahoney, Olivia. America’s Reconstruction. New York: HarperPerennial, 1995. Gillette, William. Retreat from Reconstruction, 1869-1879. Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1979. Franklin, John Hope. Reconstruction After the Civil War. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1994. McPherson, James M. The Struggle for Equality. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1964. Davis, Burke. The Long Surrender. New York ...
- 1786: Puritanism
- ... trials, many were executed. The following are the documented names: Bridget Bishop, George Burroughs, Martha Carrier, Martha Corey, Mary Easty, Sarah Good, Elizabeth Howe, George Jacobs, Sr., Susannah Martin, Rebecca Nurse, Alice Parker, Mary Parker, John Proctor, Ann Pudeator, Wilmott Redd, Margaret Scott, Samuel Wardwell, Sarah Wildes, and John Willard. Almost six months after Rebecca Parris' court date, the trial of Rebecca Nurse was held. The special Court of Oyer (to hear) and Terminer (to decide) sat in Salem to hear the cases of ...
- 1787: Beer
- ... this reason, the use of hops was often simply and forcibly forbidden. Among other things, juniper berries, sweet gale , blackthorn, oak bark, wormwood, caraway seed, aniseed, bay leaves, yarrow, thorn apple, gentian, rosemary, tansy, Saint-John's-wort, spruce chips, pine roots, and henbane found their way into these Grut mixtures. Some of these herbs were poisonous, and others induced hallucinations. As we know today, the hallucinogen Alkaloid, for example, is ... many brewers that come in at different hours of the day, which would be good while going to school. Works Cited Aging of Beer. Jackson, Paul. 29 October 1999. http://Alabev.com/beeraging.html Alabev. John Fife. 20 October 1999. http://www.Alabev.com Bowman, Fredrick L. Personal Interview. 1 October 1999. Buhner, Steven H. Sacred and Healing Beers. Brewers Publications. Chicago, Illinois, October, 1998. Carter, Rachelle. Consumption of Beer and ...
- 1788: Hamilton And Jefferson Debates
- ... However, it also gave Washington a wide range of ideas coming from his closest advisors. During this confusing time of a new government finally in power, political parties also came about. By the election of John Adams, two factions had arisen with very different political values. The Republicans were led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. The Federalists were guided by Alexander Hamilton and counted President John Adams among their members. Hamilton, as a Federalist, believed primarily in a strong central government run mainly by upper-class citizens and the commerce of the nation. He characterized the general public as "selfish, unreasonable ...
- 1789: 20s And 30s
- ... and pop culture. Writers now focused on the concern for the common man and the need for men to unite together for the common good. Some of the most famous writers in the 1930s were John Steinbeck, John Dos Passos, and James T. Farrell while F. Scott Fitzgerald faded away. Ernest Hemmingway changed his style and remained popular. Art, commissioned by the New Deal, tended to be more realistic. Large and overwhelming murals ...
- 1790: Marbury Vs Madison
- ... government was newly establishing its stronghold on the nation, forging its way to a powerful republic and instituting precedents for the future, a struggle to preserve the foundations of American Society instituted by Washington and John Adams existed as Thomas Jefferson took office. In an attempt to maintain the “edifice of the National Government” believing Jefferson would topple the prestigious nation with his atheist views, Adams appointed various Federalists to the ... own judges, and attempted to abolish the jobs of the new circuit judges, of the few whom received their commission. Thus, threatening the foundation of a stable government and the independence of the judiciary system. John Marshall, Chief Justice, appointed by Adams despised Jefferson and sought to undermine his power and authority, which he felt was unjust. Madbury Vs. Madison gave him this opportunity, an opportunity to attack his enemy head ...
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