USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

JACKSONS INDIAN REMOVAL ACT OF 1830

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This U.S. president displayed a deep hatred of Native Americans and ignored the decision made in Worchester vs. Georgia and signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830 causing 15, 000 Cherokee Indians to be sent to lands in the western territories in present-day Oklahoma.
A
Andrew Jackson
B
John Ross
C
William McIntosh
D
Alexander McGillivray
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Andrew Jackson refused to enforce the ruling, the decision helped form the basis for most subsequent law in the United States regarding Native Americans. Worcester v. Georgia involved a group of white Christian missionaries, including Samuel A. Worcester, who were living in Cherokee territory in Georgia.

Detailed explanation-2: -US President Andrew Jackson oversaw the policy of “Indian removal, ” which was formalized when he signed the Indian Removal Act in May 1830. The Indian Removal Act authorized a series of migrations that became known as the Trail of Tears. This was devastating to Native Americans, their culture, and their way of life.

Detailed explanation-3: -As President Andrew Jackson noted in 1832, if no one intended to enforce the Supreme Court’s rulings (which he certainly did not), then the decisions would “[fall]…still born.” Southern states were determined to take ownership of Indian lands and would go to great lengths to secure this territory.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -It gave the president power to negotiate removal treaties with Indian tribes living east of the Mississippi. Under these treaties, the Indians were to give up their lands east of the Mississippi in exchange for lands to the west. Those wishing to remain in the east would become citizens of their home state.

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