Andrew Jackson’s Indian removal policy in the 1830’s raised many questions as to whether or not it was constitutional. To start off the Indian removal policy was a law that authorized the president to negotiate with southern tribes for them to remove themselves to federal territory west of the Mississippi river in return for their native land that they occupied. Although‚ it was basically mandatory that the indians move from their lands there were different responses to the removal policy. One response
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forced removal of Native Americans from their homes in the Southeastern United States. The Trail of Tears removed families‚ as well as tribes‚ from their homelands that some had been inhabiting for generations‚ tearing apart Indian culture and trust between traditional Native Americans and Americans. The forced removals affected the Cherokee‚ Muscogee‚ Seminole‚ Chickasaw‚ and Choctaw nations and were carried out by various government authorities following the passing of the Indian Removal Act in
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2003 “Abuse of Power: Andrew Jackson and the Indian Removal Act of 1830”‚ Alfred A. Cave This article concentrates on the seventh president of the United States of America‚ Andrew Jackson‚ and the ethnic cleansing of Native Americans by forcing relocation to west of the Mississippi River. The removal of the Native Americans was to be voluntary‚ but it was nothing of the sort. In 1829‚ President Jackson stated to Congress about the Indian removal that‚ “This emigration should be voluntary‚ for
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Mrs.Rentz Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal policy was a terrible act. In 1830 Andrew Jackson passed a law that would change Native American lives forever .This act was the worst act removing the people that had been here way much longer than the English settlers. Andrew Jackson’s Indian removal policy was informed by his belief in nationalism and states’ rights; the policy led to corruption and the near destruction of Native Americans. Andrew Jackson had a strong belief in nationalism
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called the United States‚ the Cherokee people used to live in this land in the valleys of rivers that drained the southern Appalachians. These people made their homes‚ farmed their land‚ and buried their dead. Also these people‚ who are now called Indians claimed larger lands. They would use these for hunting deer and gathering material‚ to live off of. Later these lands were called Virginia and Kentucky. As it is mentioned in the text‚ these people had their own culture and own way of life. They had
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Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal policy benefit Native Americans? The Indian Removal act did a good amount of things for the Indians; but when I say good‚ it wasn’t really that good. This act mainly benefited people who received the land that the Indians were on. This coincides with how Native Americans were constantly treated poorly; they ended up having to travel many miles to live on new land. All this happened and Andrew Jackson believed that he was doing this for the good of the Indians. The Native
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The Cherokee Removal Essay In the early nineteenth century‚ an infant America was increasing in population and expanding in the South until settlers were faced with the dilemma of the Native Americans. Anglo-Americans had two very distinct stances on how to deal with southern Indian tribes‚ particularly the Cherokee. One side was eager for land and developed the idea that Indians were both racially and culturally inferior and a hindrance to American progress‚ while on the other hand‚ some Americans
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“civilize”‚ assimilate‚ and/ or make peace with the Natives. The decision made by the Jackson administration to remove the Cherokee Indians to the land west of the Mississippi in the 1830’s did not affect the economic‚ and political continuations of policies; however‚ there were social changes pursued by the colonies and the United States towards the American Indian tribes. Nearly ninety years apart‚ there was an economic continuation and social
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The Cherokee Removal Book Review The Cherokee Removal is a brief history with documents by Theda Perdue and Michael Green. In 1838-1839 the US troops expelled the Cherokee Indians from their ancestral homeland in the Southeast and removed them to the Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma. The removal of the Cherokees was a product of the demand for land during the growth of cotton agriculture in the Southeast‚ the discovery of gold on the Cherokees land‚ and the racial prejudice that many
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The Cherokee Indians The American Indian History in the Eastern part of the country is always associated with the Cherokee Indian nation. The Cherokee’s were by far the largest and most advanced of the tribes when Europeans first arrived and came in contact with Native Americans. There are too many tribes to go over background on every one of them‚ so I’m going to focus on the Cherokee’s since many of their ways and customs are so similar to all the other tribes in the East. When Europeans
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