The Native Americans fought in court to stay on their land and even though they won President Jackson still forced them to leave. In 1830 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act because white settlers didn’t want to live with the Native Americans. Andrew Jackson’s reasons for 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
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Elizabeth Nichols 2nd period 3/20/10 The Indian Removal Act Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act in 1830. This act called for the government to make treaties that required Native Americans to relocate west. Jackson thought that this policy was “just and liberal.” He thought the Native Americans would be able to keep their way of life. He was wrong. The Indian Removal Act brought a lot of hardship to the Native Americans. It also forever changed the relationship between whites and Native
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in forcing the Indian tribes to leave their homeland and move to the Oklahoma territory. I believe the Tribes were taken advantage of and abused by the states whenever possible. In 1971 the Cherokee tribe was in the process of making treaties with United States. The state of Georgia recognized the Cherokee tribe as a nation allowing them to make their own laws and follow their native customs. In the late 1700’s their land started to be invaded by the white man. The Cherokee Indians began to move
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having the rights‚ which the fathers planned‚ in their favor. The U.S. see them as an evil eye unlike many other Indian tribes. Many of the members of the tribes are changing the culture and they agree that the American soil is not the land of their birth and affections. Jackson’s Indian Removal (1829) 1) The information that Jackson provided to support his position about the Indian policy
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the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The Indian Removal Act was where Cherokee indians were forced to move from their land and walk thousands of miles to relocate to present day Oklahoma. Over four thousand Cherokee indians died along the way because of the environment conditions that includes the snow‚ rain‚ ice‚ freezing temperatures‚ starvation‚ illnesses‚ etc. They experienced diseases‚ starvation and exhaustion on their heartbreaking journey. It is recorded as a time of despair for the indians that
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Indian Removal Essay More land is benefit for a country of course americans want to make their country grow better so they need more land‚ so now we gong to talk about should Indians move? Of course that the Cherokee should move‚Cause of the threat from the U.S.invaders ‚and the U.S. leaders of already signed the Indian removal act‚and they move is for avoid more sacrifice of their people‚ the whole nation. In first reason they should move is because that the U.S. government will give
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May 28‚ 1830 The Indian removal act was passed. “It is generally acknowledged that this act spelled the end of Indian Rights to live in those states under their own traditional laws” (http://www.historynet.com) The Native American was forcefully removed from their Ancestral land and placed on federal territory west of the Mississippi. This was all done under the order of President Andrew Jackson. The reason for removal was no more than pure greed. The process in which the Native American was removed
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ZINN CHAPTER 7: Study Questions “As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs” 1. The major theme (recurring idea) in this chapter was about the Native Americans and their survival due to the Americans taking their land‚ spreading diseases‚ and invades their towns. 2. The evidence that Zinn cites to illustrate the overall impact of Indian removal is by talking about the book “Fathers and Children”. This book talks about how Native Americans were dismissed from their land and eventually there were
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In the past‚ American Indians were treated poorly by the white people they came in contact with. Not only did the whites discriminate against the Indians‚ they took their land‚ children‚ and made false interpretations about the way they lived. The whites had no idea about the indians ways of life and should not have been mocking them. All of these instances and many more made the Indians feel belittled and irrelevant in the eyes of other people. In eighteen thirty President Andrew Jackson along
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Charles Purkerson Jr His 108 8/27/14 Zinn Chapter 1 Zinn Q and A Q: 1. According to Zinn‚ what is his main purpose for writing A People’s History Of The United States? A: 1. Zinn’s main purpose was to give a detailed account of American history from the victim’s point of view or present the history from the point of view of the common people Q: 2. What is Zinn’s thesis for pages 1-11? A: 2. Zinn’s thesis is that Christopher
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