JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON
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to secure land in southern states for white settlement
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to eliminate the possibility of Native Americans uniting with the French
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to relocate tribes to more prosperous land settlements in the West
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to place tribes under the control of southern states
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Transcription: It gives me pleasure to announce to Congress that the benevolent policy of the Government, steadily pursued for nearly thirty years, in relation to the removal of the Indians beyond the white settlements is approaching to a happy consummation.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the speech, President Andrew Jackson justifies the Indian Removal Act which allowed for the relocation of Native American tribes from the Eastern half of the United States to land west of the Mississippi River.
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. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy.