The once great tribes of Native Americans are now all gone from the land in which their forefathers were born in. This act of ethnic-cleansing was called the Indian Removal Act. This law authorized the removal of Native Americans to move to the west of the Mississippi River in exchange for land. Although this act lead to the growth of America, the Native Americans shouldn’t have had to relocate. The Native Americans shouldn’t have relocated because they were becoming more civilized, because they
When Congress declared that no Indian tribe or settlement in America would be considered an independent nation, many people began to ask what should be done about the Indians. Humanitarianism was thought to be the best solution. No race was considered superior to another, only considered more advanced. However, this was not from lack of potential. The Indians had just as much potential, but needed a nudge in the right direction. The solution to the Indian question seemed simple; manipulate them
Indian Removal Act Word Count: 1203 Joshua Shaw 5/20/16 History B Mr. Morse The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was passed to remove all the Indians from their land to give to white settlers who wanted the land, it was fertile and cities were getting too crowded. The government figured that it would be best for the Indians if they relocated them because whites were going on Indian reservations and sometimes killing Indians. A soldier from the removal had this to say in a letter to his child on his
Introduction The Cherokee Indians thrived for thousand of years in the southern part of the continent we now call the United States. They learned how to farm the land, hunt, and fish. They were a peaceful, self-sufficient people when the settlers came. With the arrival of the new inhabitants, the Cherokees soon taught them how to farm, hunt, and fish. “By the 1820s, many Cherokees had adopted some of the cultural patterns of the white settlers as well” (National Park Service, n.d.). In 1827, two
The Indian Removal Act in the short term shaped the Natives culture and society very notably. The Indian Removal Act caused the destruction of Native American tribes, and lead to a loss of tradition and culture. However, it did allow for the Americans to gain the land needed to build their growing country and meet their economic desires. Desires that President Andrew Jackson had pushed for at Congress in his first inaugural speech, and had made an important policy for his presidency, as he viewed
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was an act on behalf of president Andrew Jackson to remove the Indians from the U.S. territory to a new Indian territory. The act was made to allow the Indians to leave voluntarily and peacefully, but if the Indians don’t move, they will be forced to move by the U.S. government and their army. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 wasn’t justified because of the Indian economy, the harmful journey, and the little support for the treaty. To start off, the Indian Removal
a representative of the common man. Jackson remarks in his veto message of July 10, 1832 that, “It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes.” Andrew Jackson put in place the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This act forced Natives off their homelands and onto the lands west of the Mississippi River. They encountered a journey, called the Trail of Tears, where they traveled by foot to what would be their new homes, which transformed the
Back in 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act. This act required the government to negotiate treaties that would require the Native Americans to move to the west from their homelands. Native Americans would be moved to an area called the Indian Territory which is Oklahoma and parts of Kansas and Nebraska. Some tribes that were to be moved are Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Choctaw, and Chickasaw. All of the other tribes had relocated in the fall of 1831 to the Indian Territory besides the Cherokee
why Andrew Jackson implemented the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Andrew Jackson's motives for enforcing the policy, and the actions he performed when he carried it out, can be interpreted in various ways depending on the analyzer's perspective. Robert V. Remini, for one, believes that Andrew Jackson forced the Indians out of their lands solely for humanitarian reasons. He states, "[Andrew Jackson] felt he had followed the 'dictates of humanity' and saved the Indians from certain death." Andrew Jackson
your home forever? This is exactly what Thomas Jackson required of the Indians after passing the Indian Removal Act. In the Removal Act, he portrayed the migration to their new home, the reserves, to be a positive thing. The Indians were led to believe they would be escorted to their new homes free of charge. Jackson also reassured them that his forefathers left their lands and had created a new life in America. By the Indians leaving their ancient lands, Jackson would be able to develop the forests
In May 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act which forced Native American tribes to move west. Some Indians left swiftly, while others were forced to to leave by the United States Army. Some were even taken away in chains. Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, strongly reinforced this act. In the Second State of the Union Address, Jackson advocated his Indian Policy. There was controversy as to whether the removal of the Native Americans was justified under the administration
Jackson and the Indian Removal The generalization that, “The decision of the Jackson administration to remove the Cherokee Indians to lands west of the Mississippi River in the 1830s was more a reformulation of the national policy that had been in effect since the 1790s than a change in that policy,” is valid. Ever since the American people arrived at the New World they have continually driven the Native Americans out of their native lands. Many people wanted to contribute to this removal of the Cherokees
Indian Removal (Zinn Chapter 7) Once the white men decided that they wanted lands belonging to the Native Americans (Indians), the United States Government did everything in its power to help the white men acquire Indian land. The US Government did everything from turning a blind eye to passing legislature requiring the Indians to give up their land (see Indian Removal Bill of 1828). Aided by his bias against the Indians, General Jackson set the Indian removal into effect in the war of 1812 when
The Trail of Tears was one of the deadliest and most gruesome act of violence ever carried out in the 19th century. It would result in the death of 4000 Indians in a forced relocation of 15000 Cherokee. This march was directly carried out by the United States Government and the Jackson administration. It was characterized at the time as a humanitarian alternative to letting the Native Americans die at the hands of land hungry white settlers. However, this event was inherently evil as it was purely
President Jackson and the Removal of the Cherokee Indians "The decision of the Jackson administration to remove the Cherokee Indians to lands west of the Mississippi River in the 1830's was more a reformulation of the national policy that had been in effect since the 1790's than a change in that policy." The dictum above is firm and can be easily proved by examining the administration of Jackson and comparison to the traditional course which was carried out for about 40 years. After 1825
Sovereignty From the first settlement of colonist in America, the relationship between Native Americans and white Americans has ranged from respectable friends to sworn enemies. Until the Indian Removal Act, Americans were in competition with the Indians for American soil from the first day they arrived. Settlers saw Indians as barbaric savages and that view did not change much as time passed. Americans recognized these tribes as separate nations who were entitled to the land they acquired, this land could
consider slavery to be the only, and most horrible ‘red mark’ in American history; these people forget the near extinction of a multitude of Indians civilizations that was initiated by our government and, most importantly, by our President at the time- Andrew Jackson. President Andrew Jackson’s accomplishment’s can be reduced to the lifelong practice of Indian removal, and extermination: first as a brutal military leader, then as treaty commissioner, and finally as the President. Of what little education
said to be constitutional. An instance in which the Jacksonian Democrats violated the Constitution was in the "Trail of Tears". The Supreme Court stated that the Jacksonian Democrats' actions were unconstitutional because they had issued the "Indian Removal Act". By doing this, they were in violation of the treaty of New Echota. In the 1832 decision Worcester v. Georgia, Chief Justice Marshall ruled that the Cherokees had their own land and that they did not need to follow Georgia law in their
Did he do more good or bad for our country? Did he make efforts to advance America or to just push us backwards? Many will argue either side fully. However, with such major contributions such as, the victory of the Battle of New Orleans, the Indian Removal act, and bailing our country out of a national debt. These few things along with many other march (I feel) Andrew Jackson as a bracer, do-right HERO of his time. Jackson came from nothing, he wasn’t born into fame or money, yet he paved a lifestyle
that doubled the U.S’s size and reducing the government’s responsibilities. Unfortunately, in the midst of these he did not change the place of Native Americans and Africans within the society for the better. His views of their treatment helped shape Indian policy throughout the 1800s. First, the Africans’ place in the Jefferson’s envisioned America did not change much, but only grew in severity. He thought of Africans as being inferior. Even when a brainy and freed African named Benjamin Banneker wrote