There’s a saying that questions “do the ends justify the means”? This means does the outcome outweigh everything sacrificed to get there. In the early to mid nineteenth century, America was hurt socially, technologically, economically, and politically due to the Trail of Tears, President Andrew Jackson, and Industrialization.
Beginning in the late 1700’s and advancing into the 1800’s, the Native Americans that had lived in America for the past 12,000 years gradually lost the majority of their land. As shown in Document 2, “Native American Territorial Losses,” the Natives had inhabited all of America excluding the east coast and half of present day Texas. But by 1810, they’d already lost a few states, and gradually, decade by decade, the Native
Beginning in the late 1700’s and advancing into the 1800’s, the Native Americans that had lived in America for the past 12,000 years gradually lost the majority of their land. As shown in Document 2, “Native American Territorial Losses,” the Natives had inhabited all of America excluding the east coast and half of present day Texas. But by 1810, they’d already lost a few states, and gradually, decade by decade, the Native