I think its because of power or it commands more of respect or it was for decoration for the helmet. i hope this helps you.
This passage is about the speech of President Jackson in Congress, where he defended the process of remorse of the Indians.
The use of the word "progessive" refers to the continuation of a process begun earlier, where the Indians were massacred and expelled from their territories to the detriment of the white man's civilization. The former president used that term as a way to slow down an attitude that today would be understood as barbarism, but one that is part of US history.
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1. The second is that World War II gave many minority Americans, and women of all races, an economic and psychological boost.
2. Chinese Americans , Hispanic Americans, and Jewish Americans.
3. (1) suffering discrimination and subordination, (2) physical and/or cultural traits that set them apart, and which are disapproved by the dominant group, (3) a shared sense of collective identity and common burdens, (4) socially shared rules about who belongs and who does not determine minority status, and (5) tendency to marry within the group.
One of them would be that he warned them of the young republic. I don´t know the other one. <span />
