Persuasive Essay On Indian Removal

When one hears the name Andrew Jackson, there are many feelings that are conjured up by an individual. Some of these emotions include fear, disgust, and comedy. These sentiments are of reason for substantial evidence exists to prove these emotions plausible. Andrew Jackson was the seventh president under the Constitution of the United States of America who presided from 1829 until 1837. However, he was the first president to be impeached. With his controversial presidency, Andrew Jackson implemented many policies that continue to impact the United States in the modern era. His most controversial contribution was the Indian Removal Act. The Indian Removal Act prompted the infamous Trail of Tears that killed many Cherokee Native Americans and moved them westward to confined reservations. Of course, to implement such grand policy, Jackson had to unduly convince Congress of those actions. In Andrew Jackson’s speech given February 22nd, 1831 entitled “Message Regarding Indian Relations,” he tries to vindicate the Indian Removal Act, outline the benefits of such legislation, and explain why such it was indeed important. Rhetorical strategies such as ethos, pathos, and logos are effectively utilized by Jackson to persuade Congress to believe in the merits of upholding the Indian Removal Act which then lead to westward expansion and Native American migration from their homelands.

Before, Andrew Jackson became the seventh president he was a general. He won many wars other wars not so much. Andrew Jackson became the seventh president of the United States on 1829. He served between the years of 1829 to 1837. He became president when he won against John Quincy Adams in the Electoral College votes and in the popular votes.

The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Jackson in 1830. President Jackson decided to have the Indians moved to lands west of the Mississippi River. Believing this offered the best hope to sanctuary peace and protect the Indians from being dispersed and demolished. This removal was intended to be voluntary but groups of Indians were strongly pressured to go. These migrations often turned into forced marches during which led to many perishing.

“…I saw the helpless Cherokees arrested and dragged from their homes, and driven at the bayonet point into the stockades. And in the chill of a drizzling rain on an October morning I saw them loaded like cattle or sheep into six hundred and forty-five wagons and started toward the west…” Private John G. Burnett remembered on December 11, 1890, his eightieth birthday. Private Burnett recalled the cold fall morning in 1938 when he accompanied his new Cherokee family on their forced relocation from different parts of Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, and Georgia to west of the Mississippi river, land set aside by the United States government for the relocation of Native Americans during the 19th century. The forced relocation of five major Native American tribes to Indian Territory was the result of former President Andrew Jackson’s approval of the Indian Removal Act signed into law by congress on May 28, 1930. The Indian Removal Act gave Jackson the funds and authority to forcibly remove the Native Americans from their land in order to give their valuable property to white settlers who had begun to inhabit the surrounding areas.

Andrew Jackson is known for one of his most infamous act of forcing the Indians out. He wanted to do this because he wanted their land for gaining more money. Jackson forced the Indians out of their homes to go to the other side of the Mississippi River. He did this because he wanted their land to give to the southern states. The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy. Also, U.S. president Van Buren ordered the U.S. Army into the Cherokee Nation. The army rounded

How the Indian Removal act of 1830 impacted the Native American community is by the false promise of new lands from relocation. In Document 1 by Andrew Jackson states “attempting to reclaim them from their wandering habits and make them a happy, prosperous people.”Both of these document show how even though they were forced out of their homes they were sent to “live & prosper” but actually kwer sent to live as savages.

The Indian Removal Act in 1830 was a relocation of the Indians from the eastern part of the United States to the West. President Andrew Jackson provided federal land for the Indians, west of the Mississippi River. Many people debate whether Jackson’s decision to remove the Indians was ethical. I believe Jackson used his decision to remove the Indians to prevent further conflict; he then was generous to allow them to make a profit off their land, and provided a place where the Indians could function as their own nation.

Robert V. Remini argues that Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act of 1830 was socially motivated by humanitarian impulses, and that Jackson’s actions where driven by the desire to save the culture and populace of the Native

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.”

Andrew Jackson, The United States seventh president, was possibly one of the worst human beings to be president and treated the Native Indians horribly. He, was a bully and used his position to get acts and petitions like the Indian Removal Act passed, to help push Native Indians around so he could get his own way. The Indian Removal Act in and of itself seemingly doesn’t contain that much power, however it was all the power Jackson needed. The circumstances of Jackson’s character and the debates surrounding the Act also lend and interesting lens to examine what Jackson intentions were. When looking at Jackson and how he managed to relocate the Native it becomes substantially more integral to examine all the documents with a wide scope to see how he even managed the relocation of Natives.

To begin with, both stories seem to showcase the same event but they employ different tones in developing the message. The two stories ‘Samuel’s Memory’ and ‘ On Indian Removal’ are two varied messages drafted by various authors concerning their experiences regarding the Indian Tribe’s presence as well as removal in America. Michael employs a bitter and pitiful tone to portray the Indian removal from the American lands as an unfair and heartless action which demonstrates like of social and racial diversity. “None of them care about me or my people. All they ever saw was the color of our skin. All I see is the color of theirs and I hate them.” (p.4) He appears to hold that removing Indians from U.S was an unfriendly and callous action. He shows his bitterness as he points that Indians are merely chased and not given time to take their possessions. On the other hand, Indian Removal’ employs victorious tone as the author attempts to illustrate that the removal of Indians is a timely and a triumph for the Americans as the state will win back the land and

In the 1830’s America was expanding its border and completing manifest destiny. The one thing standing in the way of Americans moving west was the Native Americans. President Andrew Jackson had a dilemma on his hands. Jackson wanted to create a plan that would make everyone happy. But in the end, Jackson had the Native American removed from their land and led to the “Trail of Tears” where many Native Americans would lose their lives. Looking at the articles by F.P Prucha, Mary E. Young and Alfred A. Cave each one says that the Indians needed to be removed from their land for a different reason.

The Indian Removal Act was very controversial during its time, receiving influence from individuals, local, state and mostly by the federal government. This act gave the president, Andrew Jackson, the authority to make transactions with Indian tribes in the Southern region of the United States. The Indian Removal Act was a deal made by President Andrew Jackson with the Indian tribes, forcing them to leave their occupied land, which happened to be federal territories west of the Mississippi River. President Andrew Jackson’s primary method in Indian Removal was his speech to Congress regarding his opinions on the act, which included many positive outcomes that would happen if the Indians were to leave the territory. He claimed that this act would not only benefit the United States as a whole, but it would also benefit the Indian people. This benefit was called “Manifest Destiny” or the idea of the United States expanding its territories from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. This expansion would benefit the country not just economically, but agriculturally as well. However, “Manifest Destiny” was only an idea, and in order for this idea to become a reality, the governments had to take action. This action in entirety was the removal of the Indian tribes from the southern regions, making them travel through very harsh conditions so that Americans could settle in their former homeland. Overall, the American government wanted to rid the

In 1830, congress passed The Indian Removal Act, which became a law 2 days later by President Andrew Jackson. The law was to reach a fairly, voluntarily, and peacefully agreement for the Indians to move. It didn’t permit the president to persuade them unwillingly to give up their land by using force. But, “President Jackson and his government

One of the defining moments of President Andrew Jackson’s career, if not the most significant, was the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This was a controversial bill at the time and the impact from it is still felt today. The Indian Removal Act directly led to the displacement of thousands of Native Americans; including four thousand deaths during the Trail of Tears, the forced march from Georgia to Oklahoma. While overt racism played a clear role in relocating Native Americans past the Mississippi, it is possible that other factors were at play. The living conditions in many of the states were poor for Natives and Jackson hoped that giving them a new location to live could remedy these problems while opening the land up for white settlers.