Trail Of Tears Argumentative Analysis

1. I agree that actions committed by the United States on the southeastern American Indians was ethnic cleansing. While viewing the assigned video, I determined two examples of ethnic cleansing. The passing of laws in Georgia restricting the land in which the Cherokee were allowed to inhabit served to concentrate them in a single area for the means of subjugation. Further laws were passed deeming the meeting of leading members to be illegal. Federal agents were also sent in to coerce Cherokee leaders into further giving up parts of their land. Arguably the most widely known evidence of racial cleansing revolves around the Trail of Tears. The Trail of Tears refers to the forced march of multiple Native American tribes to new lands predetermined by the U.S. government.
The Civil War was an inevitability due to several factors creating a divide between the Northern and Southern States. The primary disagreement between the North and South was slavery. Slavery had become an essential cog in the Southern economic machine. Due to the North’s distaste for slavery, these conflicting viewpoints would not have remained at peace for long. Another factor which caused the inevitable road to war was the events in Kansas and Missouri. Better known as “Bleeding Kansas,” these skirmishes by pro-slavery southerners and abolitionists portrayed the passion behind these opposing beliefs. Both sides were willing to spill their own blood for their cause. The final inevitability deals with the Cotton Kingdom. Since the invention of the Gin, cotton had become a lucrative product for plantation owners. The selling of cotton had become such a large part of the Southern economy that opposition from the North regarding enslaved workers caused increased tensions between both sides. The differences between the North and South were too great for peace between them to last. In addition, Slavery was too deeply rooted in Southern economics and values that it could not be removed without