sovereign‚ independent nation and that moral responsibility required the United States to protect them. Pro-removal Americans rallied behind leaders such as‚ Andrew Jackson and William Cass. Jackson’s patronizing attitude toward Native Americans was‚ based on his ideology that Native Americans were children in need of guidance. Jackson also advocated that the removal policy was beneficial to the Indians. Cass believed the Native Americans were unsophisticated and white settlers were racially superior
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Indians in Georgia had little effect on the society or development of it. Georgia wanted to “consolidate their society” but they weren’t going to strengthen their community by kicking people out. President Andrew Jackson and President James Monroe‚ both were for the Indian Removal Act. President Jackson asks‚ “What good man would prefer a country covered with forests and ranged by a few thousand savages to our extensive republic?” The Constitution of 1789 gave Congress the
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east to farm. The plan itself was unfair because although it is true the Native Americans believed nobody owned the land‚ technically‚ the Natives were the ones who settled in the East first and developed their own culture. American president‚ Andrew Jackson‚ supported the farming settlers point of view and began to send troops
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History 4197 • Spring 2013 Thursday‚ January 17‚ 2013 The Many Meanings of Scandal Themes * Slander * Attacks on personal and public reputation * Take people to court for slander * Print Media * Publicity * Personal Attacks * Gossip * The engine of scandal * Doesn’t have to be true * Public figures * The most likely figures. They invite scandal because they are in the public sphere. Slander has been limited to people who stay private
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Essay #2 Origins of Anti-slavery and Pro-slaver The origins of the anti-slavery and pro-slavery arguments during the antebellum period and even ongoing into the Age of Jackson had to do with religious‚ moral and economical conflicts and differences in the North and South of the United States. Many of which were caused by new inventions that lead to industrialization‚ the new constitution that created new parties and strengthened the Nationalist. In the anti-slavery argument early abolitionists
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of 1828”- Election of Jackson‚ breaking the trend of Virginia and Massachusetts presidents‚ and began the ideas of electing the “Common man” 12th amendment- established the modern procedure for electing the Vice President. “Corrupt Bargain”- Election yielded a tie between Henry Clay‚ Andrew Jackson and JQ Adams. The vote was taken to the house‚ where Henry Clay convinced them to elect JQ Adams President‚ and Adams gave Clay Sec. of State. Many felt this was unjust as Jackson won the popular vote.
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acres of land. By the end of the decade very few remained. Federal government forced them to leave their homes. They had to walk a thousand miles across the Mississippi River. The difficult and deadly journey was called the Trail of Tears. Andrew Jackson was the one who made this removal. He called it the Indian Removal. In 1830‚ the Indian Removal act was signed. Native Americans were forced to leave their lands. The Choctaw was the first one forced to leave. Thousands of people died. The removal
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affected the Cherokee‚ Muscogee‚ Seminole‚ Chickasaw‚ and Choctaw nations and were carried out by various government authorities following the passing of the Indian Removal Act in 1830. The Indian Removal Act was signed and enforced by President Andrew Jackson on May 28‚ 1830. The act authorized the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully‚ but many resisted the policy that called for relocation
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Compromise * Corrupt Bargain (1824) * Monroe Doctrine * American System | John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | Democratic Republican | John C. Calhoun | * South Carolina Exposition * Erie Canal completed * Corrupt Bargain (1824) | Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Democratic | John C. Calhoun then Martin Van Buren | * Bank War * South Carolina Exposition * Nat Turner’s Rebellion * Nullification Crisis * Worcester vs Georgia | Martin Van Buren | 1837-1841 | Democratic |
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Chapter 9 The Confederation and the Constitution 1776-1790 The Pursuit of Equality The Continental Army officers formed an exclusive hereditary order called the Society of the Cincinnati. Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom- created in 1786 by Thomas Jefferson and his co-reformers; stated that religion should not be imposed on anybody and that each person decided his/her own faith. The Philadelphia Quakers in 1775 founded the first anti-slavery society. The 1st Continental Congress called
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