Indian Removal Impact

After going through this week’s readings and video presentations, I did not come across anything specific that excited me. Although, I did read about some instances that made me feel ashamed, but I do understand that if these things had not occurred, America may not be the great nation that it is today. The Indian Removal Act to remove and relocate tens of thousands of Native Americans sounded reasonable on paper, but resulted in native retaliation and the deaths of many people. I feel as if the relocation of the Native Americans could have been handled quite differently, and so much loss of life may not have occurred. So many people, including American soldiers and the Natives, lost their lives in battles over the lands that the Natives felt were rightfully …show more content…
Why could we not have left the natives of the southeastern states how they were, and ventured further west without disturbing the natives of those areas as well? Thousands of Native Americans died during the forced migration that they called “The Trail of Tears”, and I feel that in some way all of it could have been prevented. Even though Andrew Jackson played a large part in the Indian Removal Act, which in my opinion, was one of the lower points in his presidency, he did have a “deep and lasting impact on the structure of the federal government” (MindTap U.S. History, 9.2). The impact that he left on the way the government still functions today was made very evident to me throughout this week’s readings. Also, reading about American life in the period between the American Revolution and the Civil War, made me realize how hard life could be for the common man, and that political leaders were not always on