The Choctaw Nation, whose educational system became the model for schools in the Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole nations, had twelve tribally funded schools in operation by 1838. Many schools among the Five Tribes operated in association with Christian missions.
The 500 to 600 people who heard Douglass speak were generally sympathetic to his remarks. ... In this Independence Day oration, Douglass sought to persuade those people to embrace what was then considered the extreme position of abolition.
The Californian Gold Rush of the 1849 had its positive and negative impacts on westward expansion including the increase in population leading to development of California as a state,
