JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON
Question
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example inspired other American Indians to settle in Indian Territory
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They were the 1st Am. Indians removed to Indian Territory
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Any attempt to understand Indian removal must include the role of Indian leaders such as Choctaw Chief Mushulatubbee. Even though other Choctaws made their voices heard, chiefs negotiated with the United States government and signed the removal treaty.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was agreed upon in September 1830 between representatives of the Choctaw Nation and the United States. It was the first treaty signed after the creation of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 to begin the removal of eastern Indians to the Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River.
Detailed explanation-3: -After heated debate, President Andrew Jackson and the US Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, forcing the Choctaw and other tribes, to relinquish their homelands completely, and move westward. The act passed the House in May 1830, by only five votes.
Detailed explanation-4: -1830 The Indian Removal Act fostered by President Jackson passed Congress. The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek stipulated the removal of Choctaws from Mississippi. 1831 The Choctaw Nation began removal from Mississippi to Indian Territory, becoming the first of the Five Tribes to be forcibly removed.