President Andrew Jackson convinced some Cherokee leaders to signan agreement called the ..... . By signing the treaty, they agreed to tradetheir homeland for land in Oklahoma and $7 million

THE TRAIL OF TEARS

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President Andrew Jackson convinced some Cherokee leaders to signan agreement called the ____ . By signing the treaty, they agreed to tradetheir homeland for land in Oklahoma and $7 million

A	Treaty of Paris
B	Treaty of Versailles
C	Treaty of New Echota
D	None of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -President Andrew Jackson pursued a policy of removing the Cherokees and other Southeastern tribes from their homelands to the unsettled West.

Detailed explanation-2: -The goal was to remove all American Indians living in existing states and territories and send them to unsettled land in the west.

Detailed explanation-3: -The treaty, which removed those tribes from their ancestral homelands to make way for white settlement, was one of some 400 treaties concluded between various tribes and the federal government from 1788 to 1883. On May 28, 1830, Jackson had signed the Indian Removal Act.

Detailed explanation-4: -Chief John Ross fought back and won in the Supreme Court Case of 1832 Worcester v Georgia. Despite this, President Jackson ‘negotiated’ the New Treaty of Echota in 1835. This treaty was signed by Major Ridge and members of the Cherokee Nation who were not authorized to sign on their behalf.

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USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

THE TRAIL OF TEARS