Minority Development throughout American History

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Answer for question 1

In the year 1800 whites started to move into westward in very large numbers. The white settlers mostly settled in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois in the North whereas Alabama and Mississippi in the south (Zinn). As the white expanded into lower South it became problem for them as it was home to Indian tribes Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw and Seminole. The white settlers wanted to grow cotton and also the government thought the land would be very suitable for agriculture and farming. During that time Thomas Jefferson began the President of the Unites States and he made treaties with the Chickasaw tribe guaranteeing their land (Zinn). In 1814 Andrew Jackson a war hero fought battle with the Creeks known as Battle of Horseshoe Bend. In this battle he seized lot of land of the Creeks in Alabama and Georgia. The battle caused a lot of death on the Creeks side. Also the Creeks tried the non-violent resist by adopting the white civilization so that they could live in peace.

In 1814-1824 Jackson was able to negotiate treaties with many tribes in exchange of land in the west. Tribes agreed to this as a result of planned reasons so that they can keep rest of their land and also protect themselves from white harassment. Due to these treaties the government was able to control three-quarters of Alabama and Florida, some part of Georgia, Mississippi and North Carolina. This was the time of voluntary Indian migration but only a small group of people moved from Creeks, Cherokee and Choctaw tribes. Andrew Jackson ordered “Indian removal Act” from which all the misery of the Indian tribe started. In order to survive, coexist and resist the five tribes also adopted western civilization of farming, keeping slaves and edu...

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...be maintained between free and slave states. Than Kansas- Nebraska act added more tension as new territories were to be added and whether the new states would be free or slave. But violence occurred resulting in Bleeding Kansas that became causes for the Civil war.

I think war was required for slavery to it because the slaves were being treated very unfairly and also being murdered. Without war black slaves would not have been able to get their freedom. Many slaves lost their life due to slavery so I think war was inevitable.

Works Cited

• Nabakov, Peter. Native American Testimony, a Chronicle of Indian-White Relations from Prophecy to the Present, 1492-1992. New York: Penguin Books, 1999.

• Zinn, Howard. A People’s History of the United States, 1492-Present. New York: Harper Collins, 2003

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