past and open to interpretation in different ways Each book has a specific topic Preface December 1828‚ young Cherokee student polled the issue of Indian removal w/ her playmates Andrew Jackson was an advocate of Indian removal There was a possibility of moving west of the Mississippi dominated the children’s thoughts All white Americans supported Cherokee removal All Cherokee opposed The drama itself took place against a complicated backdrop of ideology‚ self-interest‚ party politics‚ altruism
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The act gave Jackson the power to make “treaties” with the “Five Civilized Tribes”—the Cherokee‚ Choctaw‚ Creek‚ Chickasaw‚ and Seminole. However‚ the tribes refused to leave their land‚ and Jackson resorted to using military force. The Cherokee responded by forming their own Constitution and went to court in 1831 to fight for their land. Chief Justice John Marshall and the other jurors decided that the Cherokee had the right to govern themselves‚ and the actions of Georgia were considered unconstitutional
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Sam Houston Samuel Houston Sam Houston was as legend reports a big man about six foot and six inches tall. He was an exciting historical figure and war hero who was involved with much of the early development of our country and Texas. He was a soldier‚ lawyer‚ politician‚ businessman‚ and family man‚ whose name will be synonymous with nation heroes who played a vital part in the shaping of a young and prosperous country. He admired and supported the Native Americans who took him in and adopted
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not everyone supported the enactment. People reasoned that the Indian Removal Act was “unfortunate but necessary‚” while others said it was a “terrible injustice.” During this time‚ chief justice of Supreme Court‚ John Marshall believed that the Cherokee‚ a Native American tribe‚ had an “unquestionable right” to their territory. He added‚ “Until title should be extinguished by
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March 25‚ 2014 In 1791‚ the Cherokee Nation was allocated land in Georgia during a treaty with the U.S. In 1828‚ whites wanted to reclaim this land not only for settlement purposes‚ but because of the discovery of gold. President Jackson and the U.S Congress passed a policy of Indian removal for all lands east of the Mississippi River; this was known as The Indian Removal Act of 1830. As Georgia tried to reclaim this land‚ the Cherokee protested and took their case to the U.S Supreme
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The Presidential Election of 1828 was different from any other presidential election that had ever taken place in America. Why? This was the first presidential election in which all males could vote. Andrew Jackson campaigned as the candidate of the ordinary people. In 1828‚ the ordinary non-landowners became Jackson’s strongest supporters‚ and with their votes‚ he won the Presidential Election of 1828. He championed the cause of the ordinary man throughout his entire presidency. BITS (acronym
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those who did were put on reservations. Despite their best efforts to remain their own sovereign nation‚ before Jackson’s removal‚ the Cherokee‚ had already ceded countless tribal lands for money they never got “In the end‚ the whole nation had to make bitter sacrifices of land and kingship loyalties in order to sustain their claim to sovereignty.” The Cherokee Native Americans are a prime example of the negative impact American Exceptionalism had on the non-traditional Americans. Not only was
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Who should move? The Cherokee or Americans? The Indian Removal Act was created by the former President Andrew Jackson in 1830. The Americans wanted to settle land in Georgia‚ but most of the Cherokee tribes refused. The Indian Removal act of 1830 was not justified and the Cherokees should not move because they fought for the U.S.‚ Cherokees were cheated in trade by the U.S.‚ and the supreme court ruled in favor for the Cherokees. The Cherokees should not move because they fought for the United States
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The Cherokee Removal: Comparison and contrast of John Ross and Elias Boudinot’s views When Andrew Jackson became president his drive of Indian removal started a discussion among all Americans. This controversial discussion was not only between Americans and the Cherokee Indians‚ but also controversial within the Cherokee people. Some Cherokee saw this conflict in different ways and with different possible outcomes. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 Made these discussions a real part of the Cherokee’s
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defending the Indian Removal Act were fraudulent and in the eyes of the Native Americans would be unfair and irrelevant. A few reasons would be the Trail of Tears‚ the Five Civilized Tribes‚ and the fact that the Cherokee Nation went to court. There were Five Civilized Tribes‚ the Cherokee‚ Creek‚ Choctaw‚ Chickasaw‚ and Seminole. The Five Civilized Tribes started to take on the culture of their white neighbors‚ in the early 1800s. The fact that those five tribes were beginning to learn the culture
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