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    forced to leave your home and never come back? The Indian Removal Act forced the Native Americans to move into new Indian Territory even though the Indians inhabited the lands first. In 1830, Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act and forced Native Americans to sign treaties. These treaties forced Native Americans to move to lands west of the Mississippi (Davidson 339). The Indian Removal Act was therefore out of order because the Indians were the first inhabitants of the land, the Americans

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    The Indian Removal Act Jacelyn Harrington The University of New Hampshire Social Welfare Policy 525.01 April 14, 2015 Today the United States is known as a land of freedom, and as elegantly stated by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights…” Unfortunately these words have not always been a reality for Native Americans, who were treated not as equals, but as subhuman by early white

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    The Indian Removal Act was passed in congress on May 28, 1830, it was passed by only one vote in congress. The act was then signed by the president at that time Andrew Jackson. The Indian Removal Act gave Andrew Jackson the ability to negotiate with the Indian tribes for their removal from the southern United States to move to an area west of the Mississippi river. The Indian Removal Act was passed because of American settlers wanting to take Indians land, the discovery of gold in Cherokee territory

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    2015 Indian Removal Act of 1830 The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was an act that helped aid the expansion of the United States population into the southernmost states, occupied mainly by Native Americans. The act was a long time coming, especially with President Andrew Jackson, a long-time proponent of Native American removal, at the helm. This paper explores the history leading up to the law, the introduction and passage, as well as the sometimes-tragic implementation of the Indian Removal Act of 1830

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    Creek Indians cold-bloodedly murdered more than 300 men, women and children. They were burned alive, scalped and straight out killed. In 1830, Andrew Jackson passed an act called the Indian Removal Act. This gave the power to the president to negotiate treaties with the Indian tribes, such as the Choctaw and the Cherokee. Andrew Jackson proposed a treaty that would give Indian land to other Indian tribes. This was very controversial because of the completely take all or none for the Indian tribes

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    passed the Indian Removal Act. The purpose of this act was to relocate the Indian inhabitants of the southeastern states to a designated Indian Territory west of the Mississippi and eventually eliminate the Indian population from their homeland. Although the act did not provide authority to remove the tribes by force, military action was utilized to carry out the removal. The consequences for the Native American tribes were devastating as well as long lasting. Prior to the passing of the Indian Removal

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    THE INDIAN REMOVAL ACT OF 1830 Migdalia Tuero HIST101: American History to 1877 Professor Kathleen Davis February 13, 2014 There are several historical events and issues that have impacted the contemporary political development among American history. In the history of America one of these groups are the Native Americans. The white man throughout the South called for a removal of the Indian peoples. They wanted the Native Indians to be resettled to the west because their presence created

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    In 1830, Andrew Jackson allowed then act to remove Natives from the land that they had been living on for their whole lives. A lot of factors had an effect on the reason that the Natives were forced out of their land, but one was the biggest reason. The Indian Removal Act was a result of the United States' greed. One reason that the United States caused the Indian Removal Act because of their greed is because they wanted to grow the population of the country, and in order to do that they needed

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    The Indian Removal Act was passed in congress on May 28, 1830, it was passed by only one in congress. The act was then signed by the president at that time Andrew Jackson. The Indian Removal Act gave Andrew Jackson the ability to negotiate with the Indian tribes for their removal from the southern United States to move to an area west of the Mississippi river. This act resulted with the removal of 5 major Indian tribes; the tribes affected were Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole

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    of the Indian Removal Act. The Indian Removal Act was created on May 28, 1830, by president Jackson. It stated that all southern Indian tribes were to be moved to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their ancestral homelands. Even though some Indians left peacefully some tribes had to leave with force. The Act of 1830 had a huge impact on all Indians. The Removal Act was strongly supported in the South in order to gain access to lands inhabited by the five Indian tribes

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