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    to this particular Indian tribe, it didn’t last long.…

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    States government and public supporters sought to justify the removal of Cherokee Indians in the 1820 and 1830s, and tried to move them west of the Mississippi river. Big supporters like Lewis Cass and the state of Georgia played a big role in justifying the removal. Lewis Cass wrote essays to support, and Georgia told the Cherokees to either abide by Georgia law, or get out. United States and public sector sought to justify the removal of Cherokees by making them abide by state and United…

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    was a forced Indian march that took place on a very long trail of 1,000 miles that led to an established Indian Territory. Our government were the ones behind this and thought it was right to remove them from their homes. These people suffered even some them died on their journey. In the end if they did survive the trail their whole lifestyle was changed and they had to adapt. In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson 's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation and other Indian nation were…

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    Andrew Jackson may have been one of the most controversial presidents, because of the great and terrible things he did during his presidency. Some people believe that he was a villain. They think that he was a barbarian that wasn’t fit for the presidency. On the other hand, there are those who believe Jackson did great things for our country. They believe that he improved our country as a whole. The truth is that Andrew Jackson was guilty of degrading the office of the presidency, for he…

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    White Americans often found Native Americans as unfamiliar individuals who occupied land to which the white settlers believed they deserved. America was introduced to an “Indian problem” in which needed to be solved before a crisis occurred. President George Washington believed the answer to America’s “Indian Problem” was to civilize the tribes. This theory indicated a goal in which Native Americans would become as close to white Americans as possible by learning how to read and speak English,…

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    The Cherokee Indians had lived in northwest Georgia, but in the 1800s many whites begin to settle there. Georgia believed the state had the right to this land because it was within the borders of Georgia, but the Cherokee Indians had lived there for centuries and felt they had a right to the land. Many Cherokees adapted a more American lifestyle and some became plantation owners or store owners. The Cherokee Nation also created a constitution that was similar to the Constitution of the United…

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    Grant Foreman discusses the tragic events that occurred during the Cherokee’s travel to Indian Territory in the 1830s. Grant Foreman argues that diseases were the main struggle for the Cherokee Tribe. In Grant Foreman’s Indian Removal: The Emigration of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians, Grant states that the Cherokee Indians “had suffered much from disease and several deaths had occurred among them” (Foreman, 256). Measles and cholera were the main diseases that affected the Cherokee…

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    that”(History.com). Americans said anything in there way will be removed. Manifest Destiny affected minority populations in the United States because of the Indian Removal Act, Mexican-American War, and the Dawes Act. The Indian Removal Act was signed in office by Andrew Jackson. The Indian Removal Act was where Americans/whites could remove Indians or Native Americans off their land with or without anything. This affected Native Americans because…

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    Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act of 1830 Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act of 1830 could be viewed as the start of racial tension between two different cultures. Jackson’s hatred was based on what he wanted and his non-stop effort to obtain Indian land at no cost. Indian suffrage and loss would come at a high cost. This in turn led to the removal called the Trail of Tears, where Indian were forced to move hundreds of miles away from their home land and their lives were lost at a high rate.…

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    most of the other citizens of the United States wanted the Natives’ land. Even before he became president, he encouraged Indian removal, he “became the political prime mover of the Indian-removal process.” While he was the major general of the Tennessee militia, “He was able, personally to force cessions of land upon tribes, and to begin the process of removal of the Southern Indians to the west of the Mississippi.” Jackson’s attitude towards the Natives reflected Southern ideals because he only…

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