The Trail of Tears: A Devastating Forced Journey Once Andrew Jackson was elected president in 1839, everything changed for the Cherokee tribe. Andrew Jackson’s administration was hostile to the Cherokee sovereignty and forced them to move out of their lands (without Cherokee agreement) and head West of the United States. The Cherokee tribe had endured […]
The Trail of Tears: An Unjust Exile of Native Americans The Trail of Tears was the removal of the Native Americans from the Southeast of the United States. Cherokee, along with the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole, and more Indian tribes from the southern United States, were forced to walk through nine states and across the […]
Unjust Removal and Tears of Despair The Trail of Tears is a sorrowful event in history. There were loads of dying and lots of tears. It was incredibly unfair for the Native Americans. Parts of the Trail of Tears aggravated me, but it is still a very fascinating story and interesting for all people. I […]
Jacques Tardi’s Stark Depictions: The Brutality of World War I In continuation, you have Jacques Tardi, who created an anonymous French soldier to depict his comic book on what World War I was like for all of the French soldiers. Here, he basically says that the War was pointless and how you become accustomed to […]
The Cold War Dance: Music Meets Politics Music and the power of words have been evident in the progress of humanity and society since long before many people can remember. Music has had the ability to lead revolutions, stop them from even happening, or even change people’s views on certain important issues. By mastering the […]
From the Beatles to a New Cold War: The Shift in Societal Unity Everyone knows the song where the Beatles preach the importance of love over hate: “All you need is love, all you need is love, love is all you need.” It’s quite terrifying how this message seems to get tuned out like white […]
The Origins: WWII Endings and the Inception of the Cold War Soon after WWII ended, the Cold War transpired. It would not be fair to say that one nation was particularly at fault since many say that the Cold War was inevitable, as the Soviet Union was for communism, and we were not. The two […]
