JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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Question
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The Cherokee took their case before the U.S. Supreme Court
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Georgia asked for federal funds to purchase the land
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Cherokee Nation and Georgia attempted to negotiate for the land
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Georgia offered U.S. citizenship to the Cherokees
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Trail of Tears. In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson’s Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the “Trail of Tears, ” because of its devastating effects.
Detailed explanation-2: -The removal of the Cherokees was a product of the demand for arable land during the rampant growth of cotton agriculture in the Southeast, the discovery of gold on Cherokee land, and the racial prejudice that many white southerners harbored toward American Indians.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Cherokee Nation argued that U.S. Indian removal policies were illegal because they violated previous treaties and were not made with the official consent of the Cherokee Nation. In addition, the policies violated American ideals, such as respect for other people’s rights.