JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
JACKSONS INDIAN REMOVAL ACT OF 1830
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Native Americans living in the northwest must resettle in the southeast
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Native Americans living in the southeast must resettle west of the Mississippi River
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Native Americans living on the Mississippi River must relocate to Mexico
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Native Americans living west of the Mississippi River must resettle in the southeastern US
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the fall and winter of 1838 and 1839, the Cherokees were forcibly moved west by the United States government. Approximately 4, 000 Cherokees died on this forced march, which became known as the “Trail of Tears."
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -More than 46, 000 Native Americans were forced-sometimes by the U.S. military-to abandon their homes and relocate to “Indian Territory” that eventually became the state of Oklahoma. More than 4, 000 died on the journey-of disease, starvation, and exposure to extreme weather.
Detailed explanation-4: -Some 100, 000 American Indians forcibly removed from what is now the eastern United States to what was called Indian Territory included members of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole tribes.
Detailed explanation-5: -Jackson declared that removal would “incalculably strengthen the southwestern frontier.” Clearing Alabama and Mississippi of their Indian populations, he said, would “enable those states to advance rapidly in population, wealth, and power."