Takaki's Argumentative Analysis

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In 1838, the federal government ordered the army to round 15,000 Cherokee to recognize the treaty and leave their territory, this action make Jackson to be marked as an “immorality” president. According to Takaki’s article, he stated “Whites had purchased lands from Indians and thrust them farther into the wilderness, forcing them to remain in a wandering state.” (Takaki 100) As we know, the Indian is the land owner before America people arrived, but Jackson leads his people take their treasure without any pay as free, and it also causes the death of Indian directly. I think, what Jackson did as a president, is breaking the Indian’s human right and put them into the most dangerous situation without any compensation. Thus to say, Jackson’s harsh

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