Summary Of Lewis Cass's 'Removal Of The Indians'

Lewis Cass, "Removal of the Indians," article was published by the National Humanities Center to use Standards-Based Professional Development conference. This articles was made in January in the 1830’s years directed towards the Indians. In beginning of the documentation, the problem started with the Indians upon arriving to the United States. The Indian group was a big population increase and caused embarrassments and distress to the country. Many people also felt as if the whites could not progress because of the Indians. The Indians had a different religion which Americans had been trying to convert them into Christianity with the help of the “Society for Propagating the Gospel” church. A lot of violence and separation was going on and something needed to be
The idea of getting the Indians to moves elsewhere came about on May 30, 1830. The government which was Andrew Jackson and his fellow workers came up with a movement called the Indian Removal Act. This act evicted 46,000 Indians from their property and to move west. Nobody liked the Indians and the government never took them serious. The Indian act was great move to the whites because it left 25 million acres of land. Socially the white seen this as a gain because they needed more land to produce food and slavery. Racism played a big part in the Indian Removal Act. This act helps us understand how landscape played a big part in forming the culture and environment people back then had to adopt to. The Indian Act affected us today because we are treated second to white any