JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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Gibbons v. Ogden
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Trails of Tears
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Indian Removal Act
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Worcester v. Georgia
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The goal was to remove all American Indians living in existing states and territories and send them to unsettled land in the west.
Detailed explanation-3: -To achieve his purpose, Jackson encouraged Congress to adopt the Removal Act of 1830. The Act established a process whereby the President could grant land west of the Mississippi River to Indian tribes that agreed to give up their homelands.
Detailed explanation-4: -Trail of Tears: a series of forced relocations of several Indian nations by the U.S. government in the 1830s and 1840s, following the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The tribes forcibly removed during this time were the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole.