The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was a heated topic in Congress. Defend the passage or rejection of the Act with reference to the moral‚ political‚ constitutional and practical concerns of a congressman. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was at the time‚ thought to be justified and acceptable. There were two groups‚ the people who wanted the Indian’s gone‚ and the people who believed they should be allowed to stay. I believe forcing the Indians out of their territory was immoral‚ had no effect on
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America. It stirred many questions. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was at the time‚ thought to be justified and acceptable. There were two groups‚ the people who wanted the Indian’s gone‚ and the people who believed they should be allowed to stay. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 that forced the Indians out of their territory was immoral‚ had no effect on the state of Georgia‚ and it increased conflict between the Native American tribes. When the Indians were being removed from their territory
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telling us that it is necessary to kill millions of people in war and it is necessary for billions of dollars to be spent on weapons. Not many people have questioned authority and plead for justice and if they had not very many of us have heard of it‚ Chapter 11 is ultimately about achieving justice without massive violence using dissent. P-1) Dissent is the ultimate power. P-2) Nonviolent direct action is an example of dissent. Therefore‚ nonviolent direct action is the ultimate power. The argument
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The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was a law‚ enacted in 1830‚ that forced Native American peoples east of Mississippi to move to lands in the west. Under this law‚ the federal government provided funds to negotiate treaties that would force the Native Americans to move westward. This law was very controversial and few people agreed with the enactment. Since the 1600s‚ white settlers’ attitudes towards Native Americans were one of two outlooks. Some favored the removal while others wished to convert
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The Indian Removal Act The U.S got the Louisiana Territory in 1803. Then during his presidency‚ Andrew Jackson got Congress to pass the Indian Removal Act. This act stated that all Indians that wished to follow their own tradition must move to the Indian Territory where they would have more than 70‚000 square miles of free land. When this act was passed‚ all Indians but the Cherokee signed the Treaty of Echota agreeing to move. Jackson thought it was necessary to take action against them to enforce
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supportive of forcefully taking Indian land‚ but also those who were opposed to it. This clashing conflict between the two groups intensified as their differences developed. Americans believed the Indians absolutely could not become assimilated and civilized instead than savage. Native Americans would no longer be idle and acquiesce to the treaties forced upon them‚ nor would they meekly accept the abuse. A notable supporter of Indian Removal
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As a result of his Indian removal policy‚ the Choctaws were the first to sign a treaty promising to relocate. Most the Seminoles refused to sign with only a portion agreeing to a removal treaty in 1833‚ with most refusing to abandon their home land the Second Seminole War of 1833 was fought and subdued in a third war. With other tribes following suite; the Creeks signed a removal treaty in 1832 and the Chickasaws moved in 1837. Although it was the removal of the Cherokee that would forever blemish
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Question 1 Indian Removal The Indian Removal Act was the forced relocation of Indian Tribes from their homelands to federal lands further West. The people of the South supported this Act because they wanted to gain the fertile Indian lands. A type of Indian resistance would be that they attempted to adopt “white” practices‚ like large farms and even owning slaves. Another type of Indian resistance would be going to war. The First Seminole War‚ for example‚ tried fighting against the Americans for
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Who should move? The Cherokee or Americans? The Indian Removal Act was created by the former President Andrew Jackson in 1830. The Americans wanted to settle land in Georgia‚ but most of the Cherokee tribes refused. The Indian Removal act of 1830 was not justified and the Cherokees should not move because they fought for the U.S.‚ Cherokees were cheated in trade by the U.S.‚ and the supreme court ruled in favor for the Cherokees. The Cherokees should not move because they fought for the United States
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southern states in return for the admission of the Mexican war territories (California‚ especially) into the Union as non-slave states. The Act made it easy for slaveowners to recapture ex-slaves or simply to pick up blacks they claimed had run away” (Zinn‚ A People’s History of the United States). This clearly portrays the government’s concern with national unity and power over slave emancipation. These actions also support Zinn’s assertion that "Such a government would never accept an end to slavery
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