The Indian Proval Act : The Removal Of Native Americans

The Indian Removal Act was an act that removed native americans from their land because the US wanted it. The supreme court specifically told Jackson to not move the native americans off the land, but Jackson still did. Even though the native americans and the US had an agreement, the US still decided to remove the native americans so they could have the land. The native americans were moved off their land and moved west. This lead to the Trail of Tears.

When he gained power, Jackson encouraged Congress to pass the 1830 Indian Removal Act. He argued that the legislation would provide land for white invaders, improve security against foreign invaders and encourage the civilization of the Native Americans. He argued that the measure will separate the Indians from immediate contact with settlements of whites.

In the years leading up to the Indian Removal Act, which was the initial cause of the Trail of Tears, the United States was in a shift. The country was seeing an unrivaled influx of European settlers looking for careers and land. This caused population to skyrocket, in fact in the years 1790-1840, the United States saw a 350% increase in population. In other words, the need for fertile land and viable property was high. At the same time, attempts at assimilation of Indians into American society were proving to be futile. Americans saw the Indians as “noble savages”, who were uncivilized but able to be fit for society if they were converted to Christianity and adopted Anglo-European culture and behavior. With the growing need for land and the rise in tension between Natives and fearful white settlers, something needed to be done in the eyes of the American people. These two things combined is what really set up the foreground for what would become the Indian Removal Act. President Andrew Jackson, in

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

The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830. The act authorized him to negotiate with the Native Americans in the Southern Non- Native Americans supported the act heavily. Christian missionaries opposed this act was future

The Indian Removal Act, inspired by Andrew Jackson; the 7th president of the US and the enhanced ambition for American settlers to find more land in the southwestern regions of North America. The Indian Removal Act enabled Jackson the power of negotiating removal treaties with Indian tribes east of the Mississippi. Among these tribes were: Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaws and Seminoles. Very few authenticated traits were signed. The Choctaws were the only tribe to agree without any issues. All other attempts resulted in War and blood shed for both white settlers and Indians. The conflict with the U.S. and Indians lasted up until 1837. In 1838 & 1839 Jackson forced the relocation of the remaining Cherokee Indians;

In 1830, he signed the Indian Removal Act, which allowed them to take over the Indians land in the west rather than the cotton kingdom that they had recent control over. Treaties were made to be fairly and they could not take over the Indian land unless the Indians wanted to. President Jackson ignored those laws and forced the Indians to turn over their land to the white people. Many Indians died during this time due to not having any food, supplies,

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. These tribes were forced to move from their native lands to areas owned by federal government west of the Mississippi River many of these natives experienced harsh treatment and conditions on the way to their new territory.

The Indian Removal Act was passed by Congress on May 28, 1830, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. The law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Native tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their ancestral homelands. However, the removal of the tribes was not justified by any moral means.

The states had run out of room for available farmland. They could not move west because the Indian’s were occupying that land. Jackson signed the law in 1829. He negotiated with the Indians to exchange their land in the east for land in the west that was outside the borders of the United States. Jackson set aside all the land west of the Mississippi River for the Indians. In theory, the Removal Act was a peaceful and reasonable way for the Indians and the Americans to come to an agreement without fighting. It was until Jackson’s successor that things began to get violent with the trail of tears and the forceful removing of the Indians. Jackson just set in motion the

The Indian Removal Act was a law signed by Andrew Jackson stating “to provide for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of the states or territories, and for their removal west of the river Mississippi,” to make room for the white population to grow and become prosperous. This would mean that the Native Americans would lose their land and be forced to leave the graves of their fathers to walk thousands of miles into their new territory. Nonetheless, this act would cause thousands of Native American civilized tribes such as the creek, cherokee, chickasaw, and choctaw tribes to lose their lives and the dangerous journey filled with demise would later be called the Trail of Tears. I believe this act was unlawful, illegal and unconstitutional due to the fact that Jackson organized it because he despised the Native Americans. He merely saw them as people who could not adjust to the ways of the “white man” or act in a civilized manner.

Americans wanted Indian Territory in the United States to grow cotton. The Indian Removal Act was made to move Indians to the west of the Mississippi River and give up there land in east. America gained ¾ of Alabama and Florida and some parts of Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Kentucky, and North Carolina. The president, Andrew Jackson, was patronizing and paternalistic. He thought that he was helping the Indians and guiding them to a better and more peaceful life. Andrew Jackson was justified in supporting the Indian removal act. Andrew Jackson's was justified because he was doing what he thought would better the Nation.

First- President Andrew Jackson announced his Indian Removal Act proposal in an address to the U.S. Congress. In 1830 the Removal Act was passed which authorized the president to great the Indians unsettled lands west of the Mississippi River. The U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Marshall addressed the Indian lands question in two cases: Cherokee Nation vs Georgia in 1831 and Worcester vs Georgia in 1832.

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.

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