Catherine Uruchima E Period
DBQ Essay Under President Andrew Jackson’s presidency, on May 28, 1830, he was authorized by the law to pass the Indian Removal Act since he didn’t tolerate the Indians. This was removing Indian tribes to reserved territory west of the Mississippi River to take over their ancestral homelands for white Americans. The United States’ policies towards the Native Americans in the Southeast was unfair and unjustified. The led up to the Trail of Tears. One of Andrew Jackson’s beliefs was not giving the Native Americans the same equal opportunity and rights as the Americans because he thought the Natives were “savages” and not up to the same level as the Americans. Although Jackson explains the advantages of his …show more content…
The Cherokees had helped the early settlers to hunt, fish, and farm in their new environment. This was never appreciated when the Indian Removal was placed because they were thrown off their own land where they had been for many years. In the painting of the “Trail of Tears” the image of the Indians moving out by force is shown. (Doc 6) Many of the supplies they were promised to be provided with was often charged which shows the false promises towards these people. This image also represents the difficult journey they will endure including droughts and starvation. The Indians had to endure the Trail of Tears if they wanted to be left alone and survive as a nation. The Cherokees were also treated badly during their journey because they would be treated like prisoners with shackles and even got shackled to their own children, which if they died they had to carry them until their next stop. The Cherokees also had to endure concentration camps during their journey and were shoved into closed quarters where disease spread killing
DBQ Essay Under President Andrew Jackson’s presidency, on May 28, 1830, he was authorized by the law to pass the Indian Removal Act since he didn’t tolerate the Indians. This was removing Indian tribes to reserved territory west of the Mississippi River to take over their ancestral homelands for white Americans. The United States’ policies towards the Native Americans in the Southeast was unfair and unjustified. The led up to the Trail of Tears. One of Andrew Jackson’s beliefs was not giving the Native Americans the same equal opportunity and rights as the Americans because he thought the Natives were “savages” and not up to the same level as the Americans. Although Jackson explains the advantages of his …show more content…
The Cherokees had helped the early settlers to hunt, fish, and farm in their new environment. This was never appreciated when the Indian Removal was placed because they were thrown off their own land where they had been for many years. In the painting of the “Trail of Tears” the image of the Indians moving out by force is shown. (Doc 6) Many of the supplies they were promised to be provided with was often charged which shows the false promises towards these people. This image also represents the difficult journey they will endure including droughts and starvation. The Indians had to endure the Trail of Tears if they wanted to be left alone and survive as a nation. The Cherokees were also treated badly during their journey because they would be treated like prisoners with shackles and even got shackled to their own children, which if they died they had to carry them until their next stop. The Cherokees also had to endure concentration camps during their journey and were shoved into closed quarters where disease spread killing