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    Indian Removal Act

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    America. It stirred many questions. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was at the time‚ thought to be justified and acceptable. There were two groups‚ the people who wanted the Indian’s gone‚ and the people who believed they should be allowed to stay. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 that forced the Indians out of their territory was immoral‚ had no effect on the state of Georgia‚ and it increased conflict between the Native American tribes. When the Indians were being removed from their territory

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    The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was a law‚ enacted in 1830‚ that forced Native American peoples east of Mississippi to move to lands in the west. Under this law‚ the federal government provided funds to negotiate treaties that would force the Native Americans to move westward. This law was very controversial and few people agreed with the enactment. Since the 1600s‚ white settlers’ attitudes towards Native Americans were one of two outlooks. Some favored the removal while others wished to convert

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    The Indian Removal Act The U.S got the Louisiana Territory in 1803. Then during his presidency‚ Andrew Jackson got Congress to pass the Indian Removal Act. This act stated that all Indians that wished to follow their own tradition must move to the Indian Territory where they would have more than 70‚000 square miles of free land. When this act was passed‚ all Indians but the Cherokee signed the Treaty of Echota agreeing to move. Jackson thought it was necessary to take action against them to enforce

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    supportive of forcefully taking Indian land‚ but also those who were opposed to it. This clashing conflict between the two groups intensified as their differences developed. Americans believed the Indians absolutely could not become assimilated and civilized instead than savage. Native Americans would no longer be idle and acquiesce to the treaties forced upon them‚ nor would they meekly accept the abuse. A notable supporter of Indian Removal

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    Indian Removal Policy

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    As a result of his Indian removal policy‚ the Choctaws were the first to sign a treaty promising to relocate. Most the Seminoles refused to sign with only a portion agreeing to a removal treaty in 1833‚ with most refusing to abandon their home land the Second Seminole War of 1833 was fought and subdued in a third war. With other tribes following suite; the Creeks signed a removal treaty in 1832 and the Chickasaws moved in 1837. Although it was the removal of the Cherokee that would forever blemish

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    Who should move? The Cherokee or Americans? The Indian Removal Act was created by the former President Andrew Jackson in 1830. The Americans wanted to settle land in Georgia‚ but most of the Cherokee tribes refused. The Indian Removal act of 1830 was not justified and the Cherokees should not move because they fought for the U.S.‚ Cherokees were cheated in trade by the U.S.‚ and the supreme court ruled in favor for the Cherokees. The Cherokees should not move because they fought for the United States

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    IB History October 2‚ 2011 Chapter 6 “The Intimately Oppressed” Overview While reading the sixth chapter of Howard Zinn‚ I could not help but notice that the central focus was on women who rebelled against the inequalities women were given post-declaration. My AP History teacher last year‚ Mr. Hall‚ used to commonly use the saying “Now ladies… Sorry to say this but until about seventy years ago‚ you didn’t count for much.” This is a prime example of how the women in the 17th and 18th century

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    The Indian Removal Act

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    Question 1 Indian Removal The Indian Removal Act was the forced relocation of Indian Tribes from their homelands to federal lands further West. The people of the South supported this Act because they wanted to gain the fertile Indian lands. A type of Indian resistance would be that they attempted to adopt “white” practices‚ like large farms and even owning slaves. Another type of Indian resistance would be going to war. The First Seminole War‚ for example‚ tried fighting against the Americans for

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    Indians Removal Methods

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    The United States government used many different techniques to remove Indians from Western lands so they could use it for their own selfish needs. Some of these methods were clearly harmful‚ while others were written to seem reasonable and helpful. Nomadic Indians were finding it hard to live due to declining bison herds and deteriorating grasslands. This situation was made worse by thousands of pioneers pouring into the west because of the new discovery of silver and gold in the Rocky Mountains

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    Howard Zinn Chapter 14

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    The First World War was a very gruesome event in history. “Indeed‚ as the nations of Europe went to war in 1914‚ the governments flourished‚ patriotism bloomed‚ class struggle was stilled‚ and young men died in frightful numbers on the battlefields-often for a hundred yards of land‚ a line of trenches.” (Page 359) Before the war‚ the United States was not in a healthy condition. Socialism was growing and the IWW was everywhere. “In the summer of 1916‚ during a Preparedness Day parade in San Francisco

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