JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
JACKSONS INDIAN REMOVAL ACT OF 1830
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The federal government sued the Cherokee Indians for $500, 000
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The federal governments issued 25 acres to be named and kept as Cherokee land.
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The federal government allowed 5, 000 Cherokee Indians to stay and 10, 000 had to leave.
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The federal government refused to protect the Cherokee lands from white settlers.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What conclusion can be drawn about the federal government’s role in Indian Removal? The federal government gave states power to remove Cherokee tribes. The federal government refused to protect Cherokee lands from white settlers.
Detailed explanation-2: -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."
Detailed explanation-3: -Congress responded by tabling the petitions and memorials (laying them aside). The Senate ratified the treaty by a margin of one vote on May 17, 1836, and President Andrew Jackson signed it into law.
Detailed explanation-4: -On November 1, 1838, the Cherokee Indian known as Tsali was captured. Tsali, also known as Charley, was among those who refused to leave North Carolina after a group of Cherokee leaders signed a treat ceding their tribal lands to the United States.