Why should the United States honor a president who caused immense pain to many innocent people and led our country into a financial panic and depression by putting him on the $20 bill? Andrew Jackson was not the great man that many people learned about. Jackson did many things during his presidency that are dishonorable‚ such as supporting the Indian Removals‚ or kicking qualified men out of office to make room for his friends in the government. Even though many people believe he was the people’s
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Native Americans still lived in their native lands. However‚ white men considered them a threat to peace. So‚ in 1838‚ the Federal government had what they called the "Five Civilized Tribes" removed from their native lands. These tribes were the Cherokee‚ Choctaw‚ Chickasaw‚ Creek‚ and Seminole. They were forced to march 800 miles from their home’s to the "Indian Territory"‚ which is modern-day Oklahoma. Under cruel conditions‚ the army forced the peaceful tribes through the cold‚ winter weather
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This announcement caused havoc in the indian tribes. As a result in 1830 John Ross‚ Principal Chief of the Cherokee‚ went to the Supreme Court to refute Jackson’s Indian Removal Act. By May 28‚ 1830 the Indian Removal Act was passed as a law. One effect of this law was the Trail of Tears. According to the beginning of The Trail of Tears by Gloria Jahoda‚ the people of the Shawnee and Cherokee tribes had little warning of the actions that were about to arise from the passing of the Indian Removal Act
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twenty dollar bill because he passed the Indian Removal Act‚caused the panic of 1837‚ and created the Spoils System. First‚ Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act. According to a page about Andrew Jackson Administration in the Zinn Education Project Cherokee/Seminole Removal Role Play‚the Indian Removal Act was a law passed by Jackson forcing Natives to leave their land and move to Oklahoma. The purpose of this law was to get farmers more
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the Indian Removal Act. The Indian Removal Act was a law that stated that Native Americans that were settled east of the Mississippi River had to move west of the river to a portion of land that was set aside for them in the Oklahoma territory. The Cherokee Indians that were settled in Georgia became angry with the law and decided to sue the state of Georgia‚ because they felt like they were entitled to the land. The Supreme Court case became known as Worcester v. Georgia. It was won by the Indians
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they are of the same affiliation. (DOC I) Another reason why Jackson was not democratic is because he practiced the Indian Removal Act. (DOC J) You can tell it wasn’t democracy because he had one thousand Seminoles‚ Choctaw‚ Creek‚ Chickasaw‚ and Cherokee Indians forcibly moved to Indian Territory West of Mississippi. (DOC L) In democracy‚ it means everyone is entitled to be equal‚ and Jackson sending people away and taking their land is obviously not treating someone equal. Jackson didn’t support
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summarize the genocide against Native Americans; The Trail of Tears and the Massacre of Sand Creek. The Trail of Tears is the forced relocation of Native Americans after the Indian Removal Act was signed by the President Andrew Jackson in 1830. Cherokee‚ Muscogee‚ Chickasaw‚ Seminole‚ and Choctaw tribes were removed into Indian Territory. Of course‚ they were not treated well while relocating; they suffered starvation and diseases which lead to the death of many Native Americans. In addition to
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Don’t Drink the Water: The Persecution of Native Americans in the 1800s When first hearing Dave Matthews Band’s “Don’t Drink the Water‚” you might believe the song is about the apartheid having knowledge of Matthews’ country of birth but when you continue to listen to the song the listener will discover a different story behind the song. Matthews moved to The United States when he was two leading him to write about different events in America’s history. Through the different stanzas Dave Matthews
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relates that Polly‚ his wife‚ has died. Off to Congress[edit source] Crockett agrees to run for the state legislature when he learns of the unrivaled candidacy of Amos Thorpe‚ an unscrupulous politician in league with men trying to lay claim to Cherokee lands. Then at the request of Andrew Jackson‚ he runs for Congress. Handily elected‚ Crockett becomes a popular member of the House of Representatives and friend of Andrew Jackson‚ who has since become president of the United States. Aware of Crockett’s
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Union. He could be all things to all menand yet‚ when faced with his greatest challenge‚ he was faithful to himself and to Texas. When still a dreamy and unmanageable boy‚ he had run away from his Tennessee frontier home‚ and was adopted by the Cherokee Indians‚ who christened him Co-lon-neh‚ the Raven. An infantry officer under Andrew Jackson in 1813‚ his right arm had been shredded by enemy bullets when he alone had dashed into enemy lines at the battle of the Horseshoe‚ his men cowering in the
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