Indian Removal Act

For many years in the newly developing America, there was a lot of debate about what to do with the so called “Indian problem”. Americans sought out various ways to remove the Indian population from lands in the east and eventually the west too as they continued to expand. There were four primary ideas that were proposed: to exterminate the Indian population, to assimilate them into American culture, to protect them on their ancestral lands (which just wasn’t likely to happen), or to move them…

Our homes torn away from us. All because of worthless traitors. They have paid for their betrayal, but I should start from the beginning. It all begins with the Indian Removal Act and Andrew Jackson. To begin, I’m Mohe, part of the Cherokee tribe, and I have been forcefully removed from my home. First the white men’s old leader made an act that was to force all tribes leave their land and move west. Then Andrew Jackson went against a case made by his Supreme Court deeming Native Americans…

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was a “mandatory relocation of eastern tribes to territories west of the Mississippi” (Roark). The removal act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson under the belief and goal that it would be beneficial to the Indians and save them. Being such a controversial issue during the time, the act affected both Native and White Americans in ways that to a certain degree are still being dealt with today. Between money, land grants and Tribal Recognition, the…

During the Jackson administration, 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act. This resulted in the countless deaths of Indians as they marched to their reservation in Oklahoma and many more in armed conflicts that followed as a result of the policy. Though the Act today can be agreed to be terribly oppressive and unethical, the original intent was not to harm the Natives. Jackson thought he was doing what was…

I believe that the driving force behind the Indian removal act was the Americans greed for land, which in turn would be used to grow and produce cotton. America at the time was the largest producer of Cotton in the world as it produced “400 million produced 400 million pounds of cotton per year” (Wallace PG 189) which “accounted for two thirds of all cotton produced for export in the world” (Wallace PG 189). Even though America was producing tremendous amount of cotton per year, the world’s…

was much more violent among nine different tribes allied with the Shawnee and Algonquin against American settlers. In 1791, the Indian tribes killed, captured, or wounded over 900 soldiers[7]. As the Indian war continued, the tribes faced outnumbering and there was a turn of the tides. In 1794, 3,000 troops defeated the Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, the Indians were forced to cede most of their land east of the Mississippi1. To prevent any more resistance from these tribes, the…

the Indian people. The Indian people felt as though their land, in which they owned, was a good source for hunting, while the settlers thought it was a good idea to expand the nation 's territory. Reaching no concluded agreement, the white settlers came up with an alleged theory, that, in so many words, the whites were the superior and the non-whites were the inferior; and the inferior had no rights to own any land, and therefore the whites…

The tumultuous relationship boiled over when Andrew Jackson, known for his hatred of the British and Native Americans, signed the Indian Removal Act in 1830 (Tindall and Shi 342). The Indian Removal Act authorized Jackson to give the Native Americans land west of the Mississippi River in exchange for the land in the south and in the east (Tindall and Shi 342). The removal of the Native American's was primarily for land and urbanization of that land, which were held by the Native Americans at…

how democratic was he? To be democratic means one's support of democracy, which is defined as rule by the people directly or indirectly by elected representatives. Andrew Jackson promoted democratic social/election and banking policies, but his Indian removal policies were on the other hand quite undemocratic. Jackson strongly believed in people’s rights for involvement in government, this social/election policy was democratic because it increased the power of many people. Evidence of people’s…

of derogatory terms. Eframs point of view seems to be based off an idea that the arch-builders are dumb or savages. This shows a lot of similarities between Efram and the sentiments of the United States government during the Indian removal act. During the Indian removal act Native American tribes and communities were moved to aware from areas that American settlers were beginning to settle in to make sure the settlers could easily settle which would allow for the more rapid expansion of the…