Native American Removal DBQ

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The United States of America is a large and populous country with over 300 million people spread out among the states, but it wasn’t always that way. In the 1830s the U.S government was struggling to expand its nation into the frontier. As a result, many people including Andrew Jackson and even Indians like Elias Boudinot found it necessary to move and push the Native Americans west. Jackson strongly believed that the Native Americans should move further west because it will save them from annihilation and will allow white settlers to use and find new land expanding America’s growth (Doc A). This shows how Jackson supported the native American removal because it benefited both people, the Native Americans and white settlers. Most people against

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