J Fircha Honors US History I 2 March 2012 Removal of Indians DBQ All presidents have a legacy; some good‚ some bad. Andrew Jackson’s legacy is the Indian Removal Act. This act was not supported by the Supreme Court‚ made Native Americans leave the places that they called home for countless years‚ and had a huge impact on Native Americans personally. In 1830‚ with consent and encouragement from President Andrew Jackson‚ many Indians were wrongly forced off of their native lands and onto foreign
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and ended up in the americans burning their land so they have nothing else to do but flee for survival‚ The indian removal act was very traumatic but very few people talk about it as if it were nothing; nobody talks about the event of “the trials of tears”
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promised land‚ they would not get any of that land and so it left the whites to take the land for their uses. As they were forced to travel to the west‚ this is where they experienced a tremendous amount of losses. One movement called the Trail of Tears just shows that the Native Americans couldn’t even make it to where they were supposed to
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the Native Americans from their lands‚ President Andrew Jackson refused to enforce the law resulting from the ruling. From this action‚ the US government forcibly removed around 16‚000 Cherokees from their land and forced them to walk the Trail of Tears. Around 4‚000 of them perished on the 2‚200-mile journey; starting at the southwest to Indian Territory‚ now called Oklahoma. However‚ the terror didn’t end once they had been relocated against their will. Cultural Genocide was committed against them
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account of Andrew Jackson’s mistreatment of natives and his Native American removal policy‚ known as the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This policy lead to the relocation and death of thousands of Native Americans and was later known as the “Trail of Tears”. Wallace reveals Jackson’s role (and strong arming) in government policies as well as the racist attitudes towards Native Americans by whites who desired their land. Providing a fresh perspective‚ Wallace argues against previous historical claims
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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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The Indian Removal Act and its Effects As the United States developed and carved its path to becoming a great nation‚ a great number of issues arose. Issues‚ which if not dealt with effectively and in best interest of the young nation‚ would retard and thus stunt America’s journey to achieving what it has become today: A great nation. One such issue that had to be dealt with was the Indian removal to the west. The colonies were expanding and growing in number‚ which meant more land
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Jacksonian Democracy was or was not democratic? Jacksonian Democracy marked the age "of the common man" and the era for an improvement on government and society. When Andrew Jackson was president‚ he led the nation of the United States into dramatic changes both socially and politically which affected the government system and the lives of the American people positively. He fascinated the American people greatly because he stood for values they stood for such as a better government system. Because
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