J Fircha Honors US History I 2 March 2012 Removal of Indians DBQ All presidents have a legacy; some good‚ some bad. Andrew Jackson’s legacy is the Indian Removal Act. This act was not supported by the Supreme Court‚ made Native Americans leave the places that they called home for countless years‚ and had a huge impact on Native Americans personally. In 1830‚ with consent and encouragement from President Andrew Jackson‚ many Indians were wrongly forced off of their native lands and onto foreign
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Robert V. Remini shows that Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act benefits the Native Americans. Andrew Jackson made notice of the issue with the Indians in his inaugural speech on March 4‚ 1829. He declared that he wanted to give humane and considerable attention to the Indian’s rights and wants in respect to the government and people. Jackson knew that meant to get rid of all remaining tribes beyond the Mississippi River. He (Jackson) believed that the Indians would be better off in the west; without
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United States‚ the government felt that settlers needed more space in the US Territory. They had already forced several Native American tribes off of “US land” by the time Andrew Jackson was President. In the Southwestern United States‚ the Creek‚ Cherokee‚ Choctaw‚ and Chickasaw tribes excelled in interacting with new settlers. Jackson had been able to maintain a peaceful relationship with these tribes and had even raised a Creek orphan alongside his own son. Although he did not treat them as if they
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When Jackson came to power in 1829 he promised much‚ advocating equality‚ democratic change‚ morality in government and true representation. However Jackson’s success or failure as a president is shown by what he actually did. The thesis of this essay is that despite the variety of issues faced by Jackson he didn’t actually bring about much change. This could be interpreted as failure but his legacy as a strong president‚ as a symbol of US democracy‚ and also the devotion of the people to him‚ does
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the notion of sectionalism‚ there subsisted five individual candidates from each region. Preceding the election‚ candidate Andrew Jackson‚ being a former United States Senator and war hero‚ gained tremendous support. Meanwhile‚ his main adversary‚ John Quincy Adams‚ was also proving his popularity in his support of the “American System”. Eventually‚ Jackson won the overall popular and electoral vote‚ but was still unable to achieve this presidential position. [Doc. B] Since neither
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Jackson would be against Indian Casinos within the State of California. The reason why Jackson would be against Indian Casinos would be because he viewed Indians as incompetent‚ didn’t believe in Indian Sovereignty‚ and firmly believed Indian Reservations were interfering with states’ rights. As a result‚ Jackson viewed Indians as inferior people. Jackson believed whites were more superior than Native Americans. He also believed that Indians were unable to handle their own personal and financial
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• The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28‚ 1830 • The Indian Removal Act authorized the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders • The Indian lands‚ located in parts of Georgia‚ Alabama‚ North Carolina‚ Florida and Tennessee‚ was valuable‚ and it grew to be more coveted as white settlers flooded the region. • The Indian Removal Act opened up the lands to white settlement still held
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one-party system still well intact. These four candidates were John Q. Adams‚ Andrew Jackson‚ Henry Clay and William Crawford. Since none won electoral majority the decision went to the house of representatives‚ where Clay used his influence to get Adams elected shortly after becoming president Clay is appointed as Secretary of State. This is well known as the “corrupt bargain”. Two elections later the successor of Andrew Jackson‚ Martin Van Buren states as written in document C “we can only restore a
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Chapter 9 Essay Although President Jackson was a champion of democracy and egalitarianism‚ there are some instances where he takes advantage of his presidential powers and uses him for his own benefits and beliefs and not for the good of the country. President Jackson did a lot of good for the early Democratic Party though. He helped expand voting and focused on destroying monopolies like the national bank that he believed were harming the nation. He did however take manners into his own hands
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was the sand creek massacre. Two hundred natives were killed. Most of these deaths and massacres were for 2 things. Gold and land‚ these were important to many americans for money and food. But now it is 1 illegal to kill and 2 inhumane. During my DBQ i discussed most of the points on how the expansion affected us today and how we impacted the native americans. We would not be technically advanced or we would not have been where we are in land terms. Overall the expansion of the west had a big impact
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