Trail of Tears The Trail of Tears, a footprint in American history. The Trial of Tears was the relocation of thousands of Native Americans west of the Mississippi river under the order of President Andrew Jackson. It is estimated that two to six thousand Native Americans lost their lives in the move. Most of the Natives were moved to Oklahoma and parts of other states. The Trail of Tears could be considered an American tragedy or a mass genocide of thousands of innocent people. The Proclamation of 1763 forced colonists to remain east of the Appalachian Mountains, and all land west of this natural barrier was reserved for Native Americans (McGill). By the eighteen hundreds American cities were growing …show more content…
A few thousand were removed like this but it was the hottest part of the year and sickness was prone on the small boats (Russell). The natives got permeation to move in the fall when the sickly season was over, but they had to remove themselves or face military force. The road to their new homes was very traitorous. Most of the natives traveled over land in large groups, which made sickness spread very easily. A lot of Natives died on the way to the reserve. Between disease, exposure, starvation, injury, and wild animals, it was likely that body count for the dead would be large. Most people agree that the death count was around four thousand and a total of 16,000 moved from their homes. The suffering and turmoil did not end when the Natives got to their new homeland (Russell). They had no medicine or doctors in their new home so many carried over diseases from the journey and they spread like wild …show more content…
No action taken by the United States Federal government was justifiable. Thieves, the United States government were thieves, stealing land that did not belong to them. Andrew Jackson was the main cause for this, half genocide half relocation and we praise him so much we decided to put him on the twenty dollar bill! People were so overwhelmed with power, money, and land, they just took what they wanted and in the processes destroyed an entire generation of people. The only good thing that came out of the Indian removal act was insured survival of the Cherokee Native Americans and other tribes relocated like them. If they had been allowed to stay. It would have been war. Removal allows the Cherokee to avoid destruction and retain their identity as a tribe. The misery it caused will become another part of the Cherokee heritage
Prior to Jackson taking office, the Washington socialites refused Margaret Timberlake; Jackson demanded she be accepted after Margaret’s husband strongly defended Jackson’s wife in the election. Following the controversy, Jackson began to favor only those who socialized with the Eatons or displayed loyalty. The occurrence became known as the Eaton Affair. To terminate the dilemma, Jackson cleared his cabinet and brought in new members, famously named the “Kitchen Cabinet”. Jackson’s unofficial cabinet
The Trail Of Tears is about how Andrew Jackson was removing the Native Americans out of their homes and away from those that they loved and the Native Americans have been for a long time.The soldiers had to help Jackson remove them, and also the soldiers had to do what they told or they might have either been killed or put into jail. Jackson had the Congress agreeing with him, and they passed Indian Removal by the Congress, and then signed by Jackson.President Andrew Jackson was not justified in
The Life on The Trail Of Tears There is many myths about what really happened on the Trail of Tears for example, one myth is that where each of the mother's tears fell a beautiful flower called the Wild Cherokee Rose. The trail of tears was a devastating it killed many native Americans. It all happened because president Andrew Jackson was greedy and wanted their land for himself. The trail of tears was a harsh trail that the native Americans had to walk with very little buggies and no cars because
the Innocent The Holocaust vs. The Trail of Tears 6.5 million Jews and 4,000 Cherokee Indians all together thats 6,504,000 just so the inconsiderate leaders could have their land and blame them for everything. In 1933 the Jews world turned upside down by Adolf Hitler when the Holocaust started he hated the Jews because of their race and religion. He blamed them for the Great Depression following WWII. On the other hand The Trail of Tears started when Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act. Although
Long, Bitter Trail: Andrew Jackson and the Indians by Anthony F.C. Wallace The Long, Bitter Trail: Andrew Jackson and the Indians was written by Anthony F.C. Wallace. In his book, the main argument was how Andrew Jackson had a direct affect on the mistreatment and removal of the native Americans from their homelands to Indian Territory. It was a trail of blood, a trail of death, but ultimately it was known as the "Trail of Tears". Throughout Jackson's two terms as President, Jackson used his
Andrew Jackson was not justified in instituting this policy of relocating. “Cherokees were forcibly moved west by the United States government. Approximately 4,000 Cherokees died on this forced march, which became known as the "Trail of Tears."This was the wrong thing to do because the Indians try to be fair and 5 nations were affected unfairly. White Americans treated them unfairly. Andrew Jackson was not justified in instituting this policy of relocating The Native Americans. One reason is the
‘ The Holocaust Vs. The Trail of Tears Tiffany Miller English II Ms. Autumn Farless, Ed. S. Tiffany Miller English II Ms. Autumn Farless, Ed. S. Devastation meets apprehension Genocide...genocide happens quite often in the atrocious despicable place called earth; Like in the Holocaust, and in the trail of tears. The Holocaust was a racist act exploiting the Jews. The trail of tears was over the white man wanting more land, not caring about how this effects anyone
Vs. The Trail of Tears the Holocaust was one of the most devastating things to happen in history today and people still talk about it, but the Trail of Tears was also as devastating as the Holocaust. Also the Holocaust was run by a Dictator by the name of Hitler, and the Trail of Tears was run by Andrew Jackson. The Holocaust lasted for so long and a lot of innocent people suffered for that long under the hands of Hitler, they were thrown in concentration camps, gas chambers, etc. the Trail of Tears
Trail Of Tears In 1838 President Andrew Jackson passed an Indian Removal policy, this policy would ensure loss of home and many deaths for the Native Americans. In the early 1830s there were approximately 125,000 Native Americans whom lived in vast lands in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Florida.(Trail of Tears). These lands were very important to the Native Americans who honored the lands their past ancestors walked and built a life.(Trail of T.). Sadly by the end of the decade
Trail of Tears Within United States History, there has been some horrible discrimination upon certain races of people. At the trail of tears native Americans were persecuted against heavily. Until 1828 the federal government had Cherokee rights to their land and in that same year Andrew Jackson was elected president and this all ended. On September 15, 1830, at Little Dancing Rabbit Creek, the Chiefs of tribes and representatives of the United States met to discuss a bill recently passed by the
Andrew Jackson is one of the most evil presidents due to the fact that he was held accountable for the numerous amounts of devastating events that greatly impacted many individuals for the rest of their lives. Three main attributes that he was responsible for was the allowance of the Indian Removal Act, the refusal to renew the second bank, and the ratification of the Tariff of Abominations. These detrimental events ensued by Jackson were the cause of transpiring thousands of deaths lost during the
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 of President Andrew Jackson. In my personal opinion, as a Native American, the removal of the tribes was not in any way justified
The Trail of Tears was a hard battled journey for the Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee were driven to move west. They had to compromise and sign treaties, which drove them out of their land by the U.S. government. This was unfair to the Cherokees; the white settlers wanted the land for gold. Trail of tears is historically monumental because it shows the U.S. government cruelty to the Native Americans. It was unfair rights because they basically stole Cherokees land to satisfy their hunger for gold.
land lust. Since they first arrived, the white Americans hadn’t been too fond of the Native Americans. They were thought to be highly uncivilized and they had to go. In his letter to Congress addressing the removal of the Indian tribes, President Jackson states the following: “It will separate the Indians from immediate contact with settlements of whites; free them from the power of the States; enable them to pursue happiness in their own way and under their own rude institutions; will retard the
native Americans that lived on “millions of acres of the land of Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Florida”.(history.com) These lands had been occupied and cultivated by their ancestors for generations before. Then because of The Trail of Tears was an “800-mile forced journey marked by the cruelty of soldiers”. (Tindall P.434) and by the end of the forced relocations very few Native Americans remained anywhere in the southwest. “working on behave of the white settlers federal government