Sarah Nawotny 11/24/2012 ENG 101-I NATIVE AMERICANS: the trail of tears‚ the indian removal act of 1830‚ reservation opression I have decided to dive into the depths of the American Indians and the reasoning behind all of the poverty and the oppression of the “white man.” In doing so I came across a couple of questions that I would like to answer. A). How did the Indian Removal Act of 1830 affect Native American culture‚ financial status‚ health‚ and B). Identity and how is life on the reservation
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Tyler Pape P. 3 APUSH Andrew Jackson and Indian Removal (1980 DBQ) Andrew Jackson’s presidency from 1829 to 1837 the decision to remove the Cherokee Indians to land west of the Mississippi River was made. This was more a change of the national policy rather than a reformulation of it. Since the Spanish came to the New World in the 1500’s‚ the Natives‚ were there. Starting with Washington’s administration in the 1790’s‚ the United States’ policy was to civilize the Natives and assimilate them
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In May 1830 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act‚ this approved that the President Andrew Jackson could remove all Native Americans from their land and to arrange settlements of evacuation with every single Indian tribe living east of the Mississippi. After the Indian Removal act was established Georgia‚ surveyors and squatter entered Cherokee lands‚ instantly focusing on the Cherokee tribe‚ they chose to battle back in government court. The Cherokee country brought a suit against the condition
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for more land‚ Indians are pushed further and further west. "This desire for Indian lands was also abetted by the Indian hating mentallity that was peculiar to some American frontiersman. " The Indian Removal itself is unconstitutional due to that fact that Indians were never truly considered Americans or settlers. They had seeked help from the newly appointed president Andrew Jackson but he would not interfere with the lawful prerogatives of the state of Georgia. Indian Removal was designed to
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Unit 4 Essay - The Trail of Tears/Indian Removal 1815-1860 was a busy time for the United States of America. The country was still fairly new and everything was changing. The country had to deal with new land areas‚ Indian removal‚ nullification‚ a national bank‚ and everything in between. Whoever was elected as president had a large task ahead of them‚ not one president had it very easy. Ever since this country was founded‚ there was one substantial problem that lay ahead of them; the Native Americans
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In the 1830’s the trails of tears was an act of removal of Native Americans out of their home lands. White Americans who also occupied the same land as Indians resented Native Americans. Most whites saw them as aliens and uncivilized people. Therefore‚ President Washington tried to solve the “Indian problem’ by making them as much as the whites. They encourage them to convert to Christianity and learn to speak and read English. Five different tribes embraced their customs and became known as the
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The Americans came‚ we were told that the land is no longer ours. This is due to a law called andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Policy. I do not know who Andrew is‚ I already do not like him.The Americans have gave us nothing.The Americans had told us that we are going on a trail to a new land‚ we can have the land their.We did not have time to pack‚ and we did not have room to bring much.Once we started walking on the trail I could tell it was going to be a long walk‚ it was just one of these feelings
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In America on May 28‚ 1830‚ President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act. This moved Indian tribes west of the Mississippi‚ many tribes resisted and was set on a march called the “Trail of Tears” because almost 4‚000 Cherokees died (Primary Documents in American History). In this case‚ families were torn apart due to the
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Robert V. Remini shows that Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act benefits the Native Americans. Andrew Jackson made notice of the issue with the Indians in his inaugural speech on March 4‚ 1829. He declared that he wanted to give humane and considerable attention to the Indian’s rights and wants in respect to the government and people. Jackson knew that meant to get rid of all remaining tribes beyond the Mississippi River. He (Jackson) believed that the Indians would be better off in the west; without
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David Pittman HIS 131 I3 September 8‚ 2012 Cherokee Removal The Cherokee Removal could be said to have begun when England lost the Revolutionary War to the United States. That’s when the people of the United States felt that they could control “uncivilized” people and their land. Of course the Cherokee to those people were “uncivilized” so that meant that they could take over what rightfully belonged to the Cherokee. However‚ President George Washington and Henry Knox wanted to experiment
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