JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
THE TRAIL OF TEARS
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land
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gold
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desire to create new markets for US businesses
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control of the Mississippi River
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Indian Wars were a protracted series of conflicts between Native American Indians and white settlers over land and natural resources in the West.
Detailed explanation-2: -However, by the mid 1800s, the construction of railroads, the lure of gold and silver, and the expanding U.S. population opened up the region to white settlement. This white migration resulted in conflict with the Native American Indians of this region.
Detailed explanation-3: -To Europeans, land was a commodity, an item which could be bought and sold and assigned to an individual owner. Native Americans, did not appreciate the notion of land as a commodity, especially not in terms of individual ownership.
Detailed explanation-4: -Gold rush and mining opportunities (silver in Nevada) The opportunity to work in the cattle industry; to be a “cowboy” Faster travel to the West by railroad; availability of supplies due to the railroad. The opportunity to own land cheaply under the Homestead Act.