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    the land east of the Mississippi. • The Society for Propagating the Gospel Among Indians was founded in 1787 in order to Christianize Indians. • The five civilized tribes were the Cherokees‚ Creeks‚ Choctaws‚ Chickasaws‚ and Seminoles. President Jackson wanted to move the Indians so the white men could expand. • In 1830‚ Congress passed the Indian Removal Act. It moved more than 100‚000 Indians living east of the Mississippi to reservations west of the Mississippi. The five "civilized" tribes

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    February 22‚ 2013 The Nullification Crisis The Nullification Crisis was a revolt by the citizens against Andrew Jackson and the Union‚ whereby they sought liberty and the state of being free‚ including various social‚ political‚ and economic privileges. This attempt to revolt against Jackson failed‚ and their seceding from the country was not granted. In these efforts to secede‚ they sought liberty and worked together as a state to gain what they believed to be free and include various privileges

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    C. L.‚ ed. Letters‚ Journals and Writings of Benjamin Hawkins‚ Volume II‚ 1802 – 1816. Savannah: The Beehive Press‚ 1980. Griffith‚ Benjamin W. McIntosh and Weatherford‚ Creek Indian Leaders. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press‚ 1988. Jackson‚ Harvey H. III. Inside Alabama: A Personal History of My State. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press‚ 2004. Martin‚ Joel W. Sacred Revolt: The Muskogees’ Struggle for a New World. Boston: Beacon Press‚ 1991. Berkeley‚ CA: University of California

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    1990 Apush Dbq Paige Reinfeld Jacksonian DBQ The uproar of the people of the U.S. was heard after the corrupted elections of 1824. It wasn’t until 1828‚ the year the Jacksonians came into power and satisfied the popular demand after a mudslinging battle against the aristocrats. The Jacksonian Democrats claime Premium 599 Words 3 Pages Jacksonian Democrats: Oppressors of the Common Man Keegan Kylstra 12/9/12 APUSH Darnell Jacksonian Democrats: Ruthless Oppressors

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    government enough power to seize the Indian’s land and move them west. The removals were meant to be peaceful and fair. They were also supposed to be done voluntarily (“Trail”). Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act on May 28‚ 1830. The Indian Removal Act affected many American Indian Tribes. After Andrew Jackson became president the Indian Removal Act was passed. The act was passed so the Americans could get the Indians off of their ancestor’s lands. Then they moved them

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    In May 1830 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act‚ this approved that the President Andrew Jackson could remove all Native Americans from their land and to arrange settlements of evacuation with every single Indian tribe living east of the Mississippi. After the Indian Removal act was established Georgia‚ surveyors and squatter entered Cherokee lands‚ instantly focusing on the Cherokee tribe‚ they chose to battle back in government court. The Cherokee country brought a suit against the condition

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    References: Andrew Jackson. (1997). In Biography Reference Bank. Retrieved from http://ehis.ebscohost.com/ehost/delivery?sid=986fb1e9-82c5-4a86-8443-28de1ed235%40sessionmgr112&vid=13&hid=4208 Nelson Mandela. (2009). In Biography Reference Bank. Retrieved from https://Irps.wgu.edu/provision/8537171 Red Hill Productions. (2007). Andrew Jackson: Good‚ evil‚ and the presidency. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/kcet/andrewjackson/themes/

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    Jaison Raju 11/25/12 AP U.S During the 1820’s and 1830’s President Andrew Jackson and his followers‚ Jacksonian Democratics viewed themselves as the guardians of the United States Constitution‚ political democracy‚ individual liberty‚ and equality of economic opportunity. In some ways they succeeded in their goals and were effective guardians of political democracy and equality of economic opportunity. However‚ in doing so they neglected guardianship of the constitution‚ and protecting

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    of the social and political backlash that the election created. The election of Andrew Jackson as President in 1828 marked the beginning of an era known as Jacksonian Democracy or the Age of the Common Man. The changes in politics during Jackson’s presidency provided various social and economic changes. Actually‚ political change began several years before Jackson became president. In the Election of 1824‚ Jackson had the most popular and electoral votes‚ but did not win the election. Because

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    a successful‚ independent economy‚ the question of whether or not Native Americans residing in the southern states and specifically the Cherokee in Georgia should be removed was hotly debated until the ratification of the Removal Act in 1830. Andrew Jackson‚ the man representing the federal government as the President of the United States‚ actively pursued the Removal Act despite his previous opinion of Natives being so savage it were better to have them driven to extinction. (Wallace‚ 54) Later

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