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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Unfair treatment of the Native Americans- the Cherokee Nation Throughout the 19th century Native Americans were treated far less then respectful by the United States’ government. This was the time when the United States wanted to expand and grow rapidly as a land‚ and to achieve this goal‚ the Native Americans were “pushed” westward. It was a memorable and tricky time in the Natives’ history. The US government made many treatments with the Native Americans‚ making big changes on the Indian nation
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was promised to the Cherokees that a “sufficient number of steamboats and baggage-wagons shall be furnished to remove them comfortably”. However‚ there were only six hundred and forty- five wagons for the Cherokees (John G. Burnett’s Story of the Removal of the Cherokees). How is this a sufficient number of wagons for sixteen thousand people‚ not including the soldiers provided to guide them on the trail? This is not right. Also‚ before the Trail of Tears‚ the Cherokees were forced into stockades
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Most Native Americans resettled from Georgia and Florida to the Great Plains. The Cherokee tribe of Georgia did not move. This group of Native Americans wanted to stay in Georgia because they had established communities and laws. The Cherokee Tribe wanted to remain on its territory and be viewed as independent and self-governing (sovereign) nation. In 1825 Samuel Worcester moved to Georgia to support the Cherokee Nation. Worcester became a close friend of the Cherokees and provided advice to this
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governmental issues in term of his policy‚ such as passing the Tariff of Abominations which hurt the Southerners with high taxes and vetoing the bank recharter which showed an exploitation in presidential power. More importantly‚ he signed the Indian Removal Act in 1830 to expand the nation’s territory. However‚ this act was considered as an example of government-supported racism since Jackson oversaw a harsh policy with regard to Native Americans. This policy resulted in the usurpation of land‚ attempts
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Was Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Policy Motivated by Humanitarian Impulses? Authors: Anthony F. C. Wallace‚ Robert V. Remini‚ A Summary By: History 2111 Summer 2011 A summary comparison of views regarding the Indian Removal Act of 1830‚ Was it an act of humanitarianism intended to help and save the Native American culture from the white settlers‚ as Robert V. Remini has argued? Or was his intent to destroy the tribal culture and to get rid of the Native Americans‚ as Anthony F.C Wallace
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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 all the rights to be on the 20 dollar bill. Andrew Jackson is a hero for leading the Tennessee Militia at the Battle at New Orleans and defeating the British. He
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was signed by a faction of prominent Cherokee leaders‚ but not by the elected tribal leadership. In theory‚ this removal was supposed to be voluntary‚ and many American Indians did remain in the East. In practice‚ however‚ the Jackson administration put great pressure on tribal leaders to sign removal treaties. This pressure created bitter divisions within American Indian nations‚ as different tribal leaders advocated different responses to the question of removal. During the Treaty of New Echota U
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Period 3 Andrew Jackson Response Questions 1. What do you see? How does Jackson change over time? What do we know about Jackson based upon these portraits? The first shown portrait of Andrew Jackson was a small picture by a friend Jean-Francois de la Vallee. This image shows Jackson as the young‚ poor‚ and common man. The following images however‚ show Jackson in an athletic position and give the sense of heroicness and justice. This dissimilarity indicates the first two of three stages
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AP American 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 into society. Under the administration of Andrew
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