• The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28‚ 1830 • The Indian Removal Act authorized the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders • The Indian lands‚ located in parts of Georgia‚ Alabama‚ North Carolina‚ Florida and Tennessee‚ was valuable‚ and it grew to be more coveted as white settlers flooded the region. • The Indian Removal Act opened up the lands to white settlement still held
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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 the 19th century West‚ the policy of the U.S. government toward Indians kept changing because couple president’s administration against Indians were different. Andrew Jackson‚ served as the 7th President in the United States‚ promoted the Indian Removal Acts. The 18th President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant set up the first Indian Reservations. Andrew Jackson treat Indians as suject of the United States‚ and he promoted the Indian Removal Acts because he believed removal could save the
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Vancouver Main Campus Power Line Power Line A Field Pond Hay Field Boardwalk B G C Pioneer Cabin Butterfly Meadow TRAIL DISTANCES john BEnson Jogging Trail Segments: A-B B-C C-D D-E E-F F-A Total Loop (A‚B‚C‚D‚E‚F‚A): Distances (in miles): 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.2 1.5 miles Interpretive Trail Segments: D-C C-B B-G G-F Trail Length: Distances (in miles): 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.7 miles F ill M k ee Cr k ee Cr on ue lm en Sa Av W Hay Field North Hay
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“unconstitutional‚” which caused controversy between Georgia officials. In turn‚ the Georgia officials with the support of Jackson led to a forced march in 1838 with the removal of all Cherokee Indians known as The Trail of Tears. This march is also known to the Cherokee’s as “The Trail Where They Cried‚” because approximately 4‚000 died. Federal troops were given orders to remove 15‚000 Cherokee people to their new home in Indian Territory‚ today known as Oklahoma. This removal violated the Supreme
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The removal of American Indian tribes from lands east of the Mississippi River to what is now the state of Oklahoma is one of the tragic episodes in American history. Early treaties signed by American agents and representatives of Indian tribes guaranteed peace and the integrity of Indian territories‚ primarily to assure that the lucrative fur trade would continue without interruption. American settlers’ hunger for Indian land‚ however‚ led to violent conflict in many cases‚ and succeeding treaties
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The Homestead Act was signed on May 20‚ 1862 by Abraham Lincoln. The Homestead Act was proposed by northern republicans. Southern representatives in congress kept voting against the Homestead Act because they saw it as an opportunity for the development of Free states that would tip the scale in the free vs. slave states. It was originally passed by congress in 1860 but then vetoed by President James Buchanan. After southern representatives left congress was when the act was then passed. The act
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Andrew Jackson a hero? Yes‚ no‚ maybe so Andrew Jackson was neither a hero nor a villain‚ but still deserves to be on the 20 dollar bill. Although Andrew Jackson did many things that made him a hero‚ he also did things that would question that. He can be known as an American hero for leading America in defeating the British at Battle at New Orleans and can also be known as a villain for passing the Indian Removal Act. Jackson’s strong leadership in being a general and president still gives him
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Frederick E. "The Civil War in Indian Territory." Encyclopedia of North American Indians. Boston: Houghton Mifflin‚ 1996. 123-25. Print. Hoxie‚ Frederick E. "Trail of Tears." Encyclopedia of North American Indians. Boston: Houghton Mifflin‚ 1996. 639-40. Print. Perdue‚ Theda‚ and Michael D. Green. "Rebuilding in the West." The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears. New York: Viking‚ 2007. 141-61. Print.
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