JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON
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The Relocation of Andrew Jackson to the West
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The break up of Rachel and Andrew
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The removal of native Americans to Oklahoma Territory
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The burning of The White House
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Detailed explanation-1: -On March 28, 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, beginning the forced relocation of thousands of Native Americans in what 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: -Nearly 17, 000 Choctaws made the move to what would be called Indian Territory and then later Oklahoma. About 2, 500–6, 000 died along the trail of tears.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1866 the western half of Indian Territory was ceded to the United States, which opened part of it to white settlers in 1889. This portion became the Territory of Oklahoma in 1890 and eventually encompassed all the lands ceded in 1866.
Detailed explanation-5: -In 1830, he signed the Indian Removal Act, which gave the federal government the power to exchange Native-held land in the cotton kingdom east of the Mississippi for land to the west, in the “Indian colonization zone” that the United States had acquired as part of the Louisiana Purchase.