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    Andrew Jackson

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    Presidential Outline: Andrew Jackson I. Andrew Jackson a. March 15‚ 1767 – June 8‚ 1845 b. 61 years old II. No formal education; Occupation: Major General in the military‚ lawyer in North Carolina and Tennessee‚ Justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court‚ military governor of Florida‚ also became a US Senator III. Democratic Party IV. John Quincy Adams: Federalist‚ Democratic-Republican‚ Whig Party; Henry Clay: Whig Party V. The main campaign issue was the Bank of the United States‚

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    Indian Removal

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    The Cherokee Removal: Comparison and contrast of John Ross and Elias Boudinot’s views When Andrew Jackson became president his drive of Indian removal started a discussion among all Americans. This controversial discussion was not only between Americans and the Cherokee Indians‚ but also controversial within the Cherokee people. Some Cherokee saw this conflict in different ways and with different possible outcomes. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 Made these discussions a real part of the Cherokee’s

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    Whalen The Indian Removal Act of 1830 With the population of America increasing‚ white settlers were pushing the government to obtain Native American lands in the lower south which would be ideal for growing cotton. With these newly acquired lands‚ southern plantation owners could expand their property and increase their revenues. However‚ tribes like the Cherokee‚ the Seminoles‚ and the Chickasaw were perceived as interfering with their plans. Andrew Jackson issued the Indian Removal Act of 1830

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    Andrew Jackson

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    Andrew Jackson Jackson was born on March 15‚ 1767. His parents were Scots-Irish colonists Andrew and Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson‚ Presbyterians who had emigrated from Ireland two years earlier. Jackson’s father was born in Carrickfergus‚ County Antrim‚ in current-day Northern Ireland‚ around 1738. Jackson’s parents lived in the village of Boneybefore‚ also in County Antrim. When they immigrated to America in 1765‚ Jackson’s parents probably landed in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. They would have

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    government and wanted to govern their own people. Andrew Jackson being a president of United States didn’t want the group to ignore the government therefore‚ proposed to move them west of the Mississippi river. In order to justify and keep threats away from the U.S. settlers‚ the U.S. government promised them bigger land‚ money‚ pay for their needs and support for one year as said in the excerpt from Indian Removal Act 1830 (source 1). This act should be justified because it resolved the conflicts

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    On May 1830‚ President Andrew Jackson (1829–1837) signed the Indian Removal Act‚ which would take tribes of eastern Indians‚ living in settled states‚ and resettle them in specially designated districts west of the Mississippi River in Indian Territory (now the state of Oklahoma). Many tribes were affected by the Indian Removal Act. Most notably‚ the Cherokees‚ Choctaws‚ Creeks‚ Chickasaws‚ and Seminoles tribes were subjected to eviction (O’Neill 11). By the large‚ these tribes were known as the

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    britanica.com) During Andrew Jackson’s term‚ America had set its sights on the untamed West - which‚ inconveniently‚ happened to be the Indians’ territory. President Jackson decided to create a controversial treaty that would allow America to exchange the Indians’ land for a large piece of land in the Louisiana Territory. It was created on May 28‚ 1830 and sparked much criticism and support throughout the nation. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was justified because the Indians were enemies of America

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    The Indian Removal act of 1830 was in short; an act made law by Andrew Jackson relocating many Native American tribes west of the Mississippi river to unsettled lands. This would open up safer territory for those looking to colonize further west than the original thirteen colonies. Here are four men’s messages regarding the act that gives further insight into it all. Andrew Jackson’s Second Annual Message was a paper addressed to Congress in which he spoke about the good of The Indian Removal Act

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    Andrew Jackson

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    2A  Presidential Outline: Andrew Jackson  I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. Andrew Jackson. March 15‚ 1767­ June 8‚ 1845  Jackson was born in Waxhaws which is on the borderline of North Carolina and South  Carolina. He ran for president from Tennessee.    A. Educational Background­ Jackson had a very irregular education. He didn’t  attend school on a regular basis. Jackson ended up studying law in Salisbury  North Carolina.  B. Occupational Background­ Jackson became a lawyer in Tennessee in 1787

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    The Indian Removal

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    American culture‚ Indians were encouraged to "convert to Christianity; learn to speak and read English; and adopt European-style economic practices such as the individual ownership of land and other property. However‚ in 1802 Georgia and Federal Government had started talking about passing a law to remove the indians and move them west of the Mississippi. The indian removal act was put in place to give the southern states the land that the indians had originally settled on. The act was signed on May

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