JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The Cherokee were not using the land
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The Cherokee were never home and therefore did not need to land
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great farmland and a little gold was found
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The Americans had claimed the land first
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Detailed explanation-1: -This area was home to the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chicasaw and Seminole nations. These Indian nations, in the view of the settlers and many other white Americans, were standing in the way of progress. Eager for land to raise cotton, the settlers pressured the federal government to acquire Indian territory.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1828, European-Americans discovered gold in the Appalacian Mountains of Georgia. This land was part of the Cherokee Nation. Members of the Nation first discovered this gold in the early 1700s and it remained virtually untouched for 100 years. “The news got abroad, and such excitement you never saw.
Detailed explanation-3: -People from the neighboring state of Georgia wanted that gold. Georgia passed laws that took away Cherokee rights and started giving away Cherokee land to Georgians.