past and open to interpretation in different ways Each book has a specific topic Preface December 1828‚ young Cherokee student polled the issue of Indian removal w/ her playmates Andrew Jackson was an advocate of Indian removal There was a possibility of moving west of the Mississippi dominated the children’s thoughts All white Americans supported Cherokee removal All Cherokee opposed The drama itself took place against a complicated backdrop of ideology‚ self-interest‚ party politics‚ altruism
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The act gave Jackson the power to make “treaties” with the “Five Civilized Tribes”—the Cherokee‚ Choctaw‚ Creek‚ Chickasaw‚ and Seminole. However‚ the tribes refused to leave their land‚ and Jackson resorted to using military force. The Cherokee responded by forming their own Constitution and went to court in 1831 to fight for their land. Chief Justice John Marshall and the other jurors decided that the Cherokee had the right to govern themselves‚ and the actions of Georgia were considered unconstitutional
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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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March 25‚ 2014 In 1791‚ the Cherokee Nation was allocated land in Georgia during a treaty with the U.S. In 1828‚ whites wanted to reclaim this land not only for settlement purposes‚ but because of the discovery of gold. President Jackson and the U.S Congress passed a policy of Indian removal for all lands east of the Mississippi River; this was known as The Indian Removal Act of 1830. As Georgia tried to reclaim this land‚ the Cherokee protested and took their case to the U.S Supreme
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defending the Indian Removal Act were fraudulent and in the eyes of the Native Americans would be unfair and irrelevant. A few reasons would be the Trail of Tears‚ the Five Civilized Tribes‚ and the fact that the Cherokee Nation went to court. There were Five Civilized Tribes‚ the Cherokee‚ Creek‚ Choctaw‚ Chickasaw‚ and Seminole. The Five Civilized Tribes started to take on the culture of their white neighbors‚ in the early 1800s. The fact that those five tribes were beginning to learn the culture
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Sam Houston Samuel Houston Sam Houston was as legend reports a big man about six foot and six inches tall. He was an exciting historical figure and war hero who was involved with much of the early development of our country and Texas. He was a soldier‚ lawyer‚ politician‚ businessman‚ and family man‚ whose name will be synonymous with nation heroes who played a vital part in the shaping of a young and prosperous country. He admired and supported the Native Americans who took him in and adopted
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The Presidential Election of 1828 was different from any other presidential election that had ever taken place in America. Why? This was the first presidential election in which all males could vote. Andrew Jackson campaigned as the candidate of the ordinary people. In 1828‚ the ordinary non-landowners became Jackson’s strongest supporters‚ and with their votes‚ he won the Presidential Election of 1828. He championed the cause of the ordinary man throughout his entire presidency. BITS (acronym
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reference he was speaking about the Indians that lived in our country (Prucha‚ 528). After the American Revolution‚ the Americans wanted to act civilly toward the Indians and turn over a new leaf by trying to get along with and help the Indians. The Cherokee
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The trail of tears was one of the harshest punishments that the Native American population have faced. The trail of tears had many causes however the event it self took place in 1838 when General Winfield Scott rounded up as many Cherokee Indians as he could and forced them to walk to Oklahoma. The reasoning behind the naming of this event is due to the number of casualties due to disease and exposure to disease during this historical event. There were numerous people which led to the event such
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Marbury vs. Madison (1803) 1. John Marshall means in his statement that the constitution does not allow the judiciary branch to rule in such a way that Marbury would like. Although Marbury did lose his job‚ the context in which he earned his job was unconstitutional. Marshall’s statement is referring to the inability of the judiciary branch to compensate Marbury for a job which was given in an unconstitutional way. Meriwether Lewis Journal (1805) 1. Native Americans and Lewis and Clark
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