Goodlettsville, Tennessee

The Five Civilized Tribes are a dignified people that should not be forgotten in our state or nation’s history. The Five Civilized Tribes were five different Indian nations that were separate but collectively known as “The Five Civilized Tribes”. These five tribes were the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, Creek, and Cherokee. Today, the Five Civilized Tribes are a thriving group of people that have a troubling past, but withstood wars, hatred, and relocation. In the beginning of the United States’s

White settlers from the U.S. threatened to take cherokee land with the passing of the Indian Removal Act. The Cherokee either had to relocate to the west or stay and face their consequences from the U.S. Many Cherokee wanted to stay because they have owned that land for thousands of years and the treaties the U.S. made with them along with the Supreme Court ruling made it seem that the Cherokee did own the land, but the U.S. still wanted to take it from them for their own use. What path offered the

By the early 1800s, the Cherokees were flourishing— they had written their own alphabet, published a newspaper, formed a government, and written a constitution. However, with the election of Andrew Jackson in 1828, Georgia passed legislation that nullified the Cherokee government and revoked their rights as people. Soon thereafter, gold was discovered on Cherokee land and people flooded the land to pan for gold. In 1829, the Indian Removal Act proposed to force all five southern tribes to move west

which lead to a standstill between the natives, their allied slaves, and the Spanish against Jackson. Andrew Jackson firmly believed in slavery and even became a very rich man thanks to the practice. He owned a plantation called the Hermitage in Tennessee which would occupy 100 slaves. Andrew Jackson eight years as president was the building of the Democratic Party. “One of the legacies of the Democratic Party was the policy of accommodating to slavery.” (Cole, 1993) This was accomplished through

After the Civil War, the South lay in ruins. Streets were lined with the lifeless bodies of Confederate soldiers whilst the buildings smoldered right down to their foundations. In an effort to restore the South to its former charm, the U.S. government plunged the country into what is now called the Reconstruction Era. President Lincoln’s approach towards reconstruction, known as the 10% Plan, was rivaled by the collaborative effort of Henry Davis and Benjamin Wade; known as the Wade-Davis Bill. Both

Sam Houston was one of the founding fathers of Texas known as a soldier, statesman and man of integrity. Spending most of his youth in Tennessee, he was impatient and reckless with a sense of adventure which lead him to the Cherokee country. His time spent with family and the Cherokee Indians is where he developed his practical, level-headed and grounded character. Houston’s passion for peace and support for the Cherokee’s came from having seen the effects of war and strife on the Indians. The

Cherokee when he was a child. With Thomas's leadership they prevented Union attacks along Confederate communication and rail links. They also intimated Union supporters in east Tennessee and western North Carolina. The Cherokees did so well that they were allowed to keep some land in western North Carolina along the Tennessee border. The Catawba were dependent on whites and became the first to join the South as infantrymen. They also worked to capture runaway slaves trying to make their way North

support of the Constitution and the Union, Tennessee seceded from the United States. Johnson rejected the Confederacy and was the only Southern senator to remain in the U.S. Senate after secession. Johnson's support of the Union won acclaim in the North and infamy in the South. Eastern Tennessee possessed strong pro-Union factions, but pro-Confederacy forces from the central and western parts of the state secured the state for the South. When war erupted Tennessee was an early battlefield. Union victories

Discuss Whether Reconstruction Was a Success or a Failure. Reconstruction is the period of rebuilding the south that succeeded the Civil War (1861-1865). This period of time is set by the question now what? The Union won the war and most of the south was destroyed. Devastation, buildings turned into crumbles and lost crops. The South was drowning in poverty. To worsen the situation there were thousands of ex-slaves that were set free by the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13 Amendment. "All

The early 1800’s was a very important time for America. The small country was quickly expanding. With the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark expedition, America almost tripled in size by 1853. However, even with the amount of land growing, not everyone was welcomed with open arms. With the expansion of the country, the white Americans decided that they needed the Natives out. There were several motives for the removal of the Indians from their lands, to include racism and land lust. Since