USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

AGE OF THE COMMON MAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
(15.30) What was the economic impact of the displacement of American Indians on the development of the US?
A
As Indians lost their lands, cotton production increased.
B
As Indians lost their lands, cotton production was unchanged.
C
As Indians lost their lands, cotton production decreased.
D
As Indians lost their lands, cotton production stopped.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Native Peoples Lose their Land In the USA, as settlement expanded, the natives were induced or forced to move, after signing treaties selling their land. In this deal, the natives were often cheated by the Americans. Even high officials saw nothing wrong in depriving the natives of their land.

Detailed explanation-2: -It freed more than 25 million acres of fertile, lucrative farmland to mostly white settlement in Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas.

Detailed explanation-3: -Relocation was either voluntary or forced. Army and militia patrols supervised the tribes’ westward journey. It is estimated that between 1830 and 1840 the government relocated more than 70, 000 Native Americans, thousands of whom died along what came to be known as the Trail of Tears.

Detailed explanation-4: -The methods adopted by the Europeans to displace the natives were the following: They used to inspire the native peoples to abandon those regions. In case the natives refused to abandon those areas, they were threatened. They had deceitfully acquired more land from the natives and forced them out from here.

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