Andrew Jackson's Failure Of The Indian Removal Act

Robert V. Remini shows that Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act benefits the Native Americans. Andrew Jackson made notice of the issue with the Indians in his inaugural speech on March 4, 1829. He declared that he wanted to give humane and considerable attention to the Indian’s rights and wants in respect to the government and people. Jackson knew that meant to get rid of all remaining tribes beyond the Mississippi River. He (Jackson) believed that the Indians would be better off in the west; without the influence from the white man or local authority. Jackson hired two Tennessee generals to go visit the Creeks and Cherokees to see if the Indians would leave voluntarily. In that, those who did not leave would be protected by the

In the 1820s and 1830s, Georgia ordered a cruel battle to remove the Cherokees, who held dominion within the borders of Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee at the time. In 1827 the Cherokees fixed an basic government. The Cherokees were not only reshuffling their government but also declaring to the American public that they were a free nation that could not be removed without their permission. An angry Georgia legislature responded by intending to extend its authority over the Cherokees living in the states declared boundaries. The state took over the Cherokee lands; overthrew their government, courts, and laws; and settled a process for snatching Cherokee land and distributing it to the state's white citizens. In 1830 reps from Georgia and the other southern states pushed through Congress the Indian Removal Act, which gave U.S. president Andrew Jackson the ability to debate removal treaties with the Native American tribes.

The Indian Removal was a policy of the government of the United States in the 19th century whose objective was to move the native American tribes that lived in the east of the Mississippi River to lands west of the river. Due to the rapid increase of the population of the country, the U.S. government urged the Indian tribes to sell their land in exchange for a new Indian territory outside the borders of the United then existing. This process was accelerated with the adoption of the Law of Forced Relocation of the Indians in 1830, which provided funds to the President Andrew Jackson to carry out land exchange treaties.With the election of President Andrew Jackson in 1829, the only large concentrations of indigenous tribes that remained on the

The Native Americans believed that their land was sovereign, thus not subjected to the United States laws. When Andrew Jackson became president, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This allowed President Jackson to negotiate treaties with the Native Americans for their land. In the article, “Indian Treaties and the Removal Act of 1830”, the author states, “ The Act established a process whereby the president could grant land west of the Mississippi River to Indian tribes that agreed to give up their home lands. As incentives, the law allowed the Indians financial and material assistance to travel to their new locations and start new lives…” Andrew Jackson didn’t negotiate treaties; he bullied tribes into signing them. The tribes who signed a treaty got to their new land by walking on what is now called the Trail of Tears. In the PBS article “Indian Removal” the author stated, “[The Cherokee] were not allowed time to gather their belongings, and as they left, whites looted their homes… 4,000 Cherokee people died of cold, hunger and disease on their way to the western land.” When the Indians were forcefully moved, they couldn’t find food on their new, unfamiliar

As part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokees were forced to give up lands east of the Mississippi River and to move to an area in Oklahoma. President Andrew Jackson is unconstitutional because he abuses his power as president as well as threaten the people and the national bank. Also Jackson acts like a king and puts himself above everybody.

Jackson’s removal policy did not sit well with a lot of groups; many were uncomfortable about it but agreed it had to be done. President Jackson showed great leadership apart from everything else, and handled the Indian Removal act when no one else wanted to address the growing issue of Indian problem. Most government officials saw little to gain from addressing this and would do nothing. Some historians believe the president’s motivation was clearly out of concern for the Indians customs, their culture and their language, but his first concern was the safety of the military, Indians occupying the east might jeopardize the defense of the United States.

The Indian Removal Act was a law that authorized the president to grant land west of the Mississippi River to indian tribes that agreed to give up their homelands. Andrew Jackson had the power to relocate Native Americans in the west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their lands. The tribal leaders agreed, few of the tribes went peacefully, but many didn’t. The five groups were the Choctaw, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creeks and Seminoles, they all had to leave their homes, crops and places that were important to them. During the travel the Cherokees were forced by the US army and it became known as the “Trail of Tears.”

On May 28, 1830, Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act into law. As a result of this, the Five Civilized Tribes, the Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole, were removed from their homes in the Southwest within the next decade. (Steward 56) These Indians were forced to leave their homes to land they had never seen before. The reason for this act of injustice, according to Andrew Jackson, was to protect them from their probable annihilation, but historians from different points of view debate whether or not removal benefited the Indians. Some historians think that removal did protect and save the Indians, while others believe that it hurt the Indians.

The Indian Removal Act, inspired by Andrew Jackson; the 7th president of the US and the enhanced ambition for American settlers to find more land in the southwestern regions of North America. The Indian Removal Act enabled Jackson the power of negotiating removal treaties with Indian tribes east of the Mississippi. Among these tribes were: Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaws and Seminoles. Very few authenticated traits were signed. The Choctaws were the only tribe to agree without any issues. All other attempts resulted in War and blood shed for both white settlers and Indians. The conflict with the U.S. and Indians lasted up until 1837. In 1838 & 1839 Jackson forced the relocation of the remaining Cherokee Indians;

After Andrew Jackson became president, the Indian Removal Act of 1830 was passed. During his first inauguration speech in 1829, Andrew Jackson said “It will be my sincere and constant desire to observe toward the Indian tribes within our limits a just and liberal policy, and to give that humane and considerate attention to their rights and their wants which is consistent with the habits of our Government and the feelings of our people”

In 1830 President Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act . Jackson had been a long time supporter of such campaigns and spent years leading them against the

As the 19th century began, land-hungry Americans poured into the backcountry of the coastal South and began moving toward and into what would later become the states of Alabama and Mississippi. Since Indian tribes living there appeared to be the main obstacle to westward expansion, white settlers petitioned the federal government to remove them. Although Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe argued that the Indian tribes in the Southeast should exchange their land for lands west of the Mississippi River, they did not take steps to make this happen. Indeed, the first major transfer of land occurred only as the result of war.

On may 28, 1830 the Indian Removal Act was passed by the congress and was signed by the current president at the time Andrew Jackson. The Indian Removal Act authorized the president to grant unsettled lands west of Mississippi in exchange for the Native Americans land. This forced Native American tribes to march their way west of Mississippi. Some tribes left in peace but most of the tribes resisted. In 1835 the agreement to, Treaty Of New Echota allowed Jackson to order Cherokee removal. Some Cherokee leaders signed the treaty and left but people under the leadership Chief John Ross resisted until they were forced to move to a new location 1838. Their forced journey to their new location was called the Trail Of Tears. Ever since, Native Americans have been living in reservation lands and the government has taken notice but don’t know if they should give them land or money. The government should be giving Native Americans land instead of money because the reservation lands are not

The states had run out of room for available farmland. They could not move west because the Indian’s were occupying that land. Jackson signed the law in 1829. He negotiated with the Indians to exchange their land in the east for land in the west that was outside the borders of the United States. Jackson set aside all the land west of the Mississippi River for the Indians. In theory, the Removal Act was a peaceful and reasonable way for the Indians and the Americans to come to an agreement without fighting. It was until Jackson’s successor that things began to get violent with the trail of tears and the forceful removing of the Indians. Jackson just set in motion the

The Indian Removal Act was supposed to give Native Americans the option to stay on their sacred land, but they were driven out involuntarily anyway. Jackson did not abide by the Indian Removal Act passed through congress, which exemplified absolute abuse of his power as president. “ In both houses of Congress, a substantial block of legislators