Andrew Jackson Failure

Robert V. Remini shows that Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act benefits the Native Americans. Andrew Jackson made notice of the issue with the Indians in his inaugural speech on March 4, 1829. He declared that he wanted to give humane and considerable attention to the Indian’s rights and wants in respect to the government and people. Jackson knew that meant to get rid of all remaining tribes beyond the Mississippi River. He (Jackson) believed that the Indians would be better off in the west; without the influence from the white man or local authority. Jackson hired two Tennessee generals to go visit the Creeks and Cherokees to see if the Indians would leave voluntarily. In that, those who did not leave would be protected by the

Throughout Jackson’s presidency, Jackson was prone to making questionable decisions. One of Jackson’s most monumental blunders was when he decided to relocate tens of thousands of innocent Native Americans. Jackson was a huge fan of the idea of Americans moving westward to unsettled areas. The Native Americans occupied the areas that Jackson wanted to transform into American cities. That did not halt Jackson from doing what he desired. Jackson displayed his egocentric behavior and called for the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Jackson wanted to move the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw and Seminole nations from their southeastern homes to Oklahoma. The Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw and Seminole nations all somewhat cooperatively deserted their homes at the request of the Americans with little fight. These nations forfeited their land, homes and possessions to walk the Trail of Tears, an 850-mile path from the southeastern states to Oklahoma. American soldiers forcefully kept the Natives moving without breaks. Throughout the trek, thousands of Natives died from sickness and starvation. One tribe, the Cherokees from Georgia,

Jackson declared his first statement of removal on December 8, 1829. His motivation behind this was to persuade Congress to pass the act to start his plan to remove all Indians from the white pioneers desired territory. In this, he addressed that the movement of Indians from this land must only be by their own personal choice because, “it would be as cruel as unjust to compel the aborigines to abandon the graves of their fathers, and seek a home in a distant land”. Although, Jackson’s own draft of of his 1829 message to congress contains no reference to voluntary removal, this would not be the first time he lied to the Native Americans. The Jackson administration concluded that the treaties that Jackson previously made with the Indians were merely “a stately form of intercourse” that were most useful in gaining their agreement without opposition. These treaties mainly entailed regulations on peacemaking and the ownership of land. While they were viewed as vital to the indians, but to Jackson and his colleagues they were nothing more than meaningless documents. He only created these treaties to trick the Indians into thinking they have power in the United States government just so that he can later manipulate them into

Andrew Jackson was declared president in 1828 immediately declaring the removal of eastern tribes. In 1830 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act which authorized the president to negotiate removal treaties. In 1831 combined army, militia, and other volunteer forces began to move the tribes along one of several routes to two forts located in Indian Territory; Fort Gibson and Fort Townson. The last tribe to be moved was the

I think Andrew Jackson should stay on the the twenty dollar bill because he was good leader and if he was on the twenty dollar bill to begin with he should stay on it.

Andrew Jackson was probably one of the most powerful and influential presidents during his time at the white house. He was hated, yet loved by many. Jackson was an American soldier, who gained fame as a general in the U.S and served in both houses of Congress. He was soon elected the seventh president of the United States. After Jackson took charge, he wanted immediate change as to how the government was being run. For starters, he came with a new idea of voting. Allowing the common people to vote for whom they believe was the right person for the job. Before the introduction to

The Indian Removal Act, inspired by Andrew Jackson; the 7th president of the US and the enhanced ambition for American settlers to find more land in the southwestern regions of North America. The Indian Removal Act enabled Jackson the power of negotiating removal treaties with Indian tribes east of the Mississippi. Among these tribes were: Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaws and Seminoles. Very few authenticated traits were signed. The Choctaws were the only tribe to agree without any issues. All other attempts resulted in War and blood shed for both white settlers and Indians. The conflict with the U.S. and Indians lasted up until 1837. In 1838 & 1839 Jackson forced the relocation of the remaining Cherokee Indians;

In August, 1814 Jackson and chiefs from the Creek nation signed the Treaty of Fort Jackson. The Creeks gave 23 million acres of land. This is half of the state of Alabama as well as a large portion of southern Georgia. Without the victory at Horseshoe Bend, Andrew Jackson may not have become president, the Indians may have been allowed to maintain their land and western expansion would have become stagnant. The treaty of Fort Jackson increased our southeastern and western agriculture base by 23 million acres and opening up and cleared an open path to the west. This also will later be a catalyst for the western railroad expansion to transport people and goods to western territories. With Andrews Jackson’s victory at Horseshoe Bend and other Indian war successes, he became a national hero. His popularity helped him win the election as President. Andrew Jackson, being unsympathetic to Indian culture, was instrumental in implementing the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This Act forcibly moved Indians from the Southern territories to the present states of Arkansas and Oklahoma; this was known as the Trail of

One of the many acts put into place during Andrew Jackson’s time as president includes the highly controversial Indian Removal Act. The Indian removal act was signed and put into place by President

On May 28, 1830, Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act into law. As a result of this, the Five Civilized Tribes, the Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole, were removed from their homes in the Southwest within the next decade. (Steward 56) These Indians were forced to leave their homes to land they had never seen before. The reason for this act of injustice, according to Andrew Jackson, was to protect them from their probable annihilation, but historians from different points of view debate whether or not removal benefited the Indians. Some historians think that removal did protect and save the Indians, while others believe that it hurt the Indians.

In 1830, the Indian Removal Act proposed by Andrew Jackson was passed by the Congress. Many Indians were forced to give up their lands and the resources, and relocate to the unsettled territory in the west of the Mississippi River. The Indian policy of America was rather mild in the beginning compared to later. The previous president, such as George Washington, encouraged the Indians to adapt to American cultures but also allows them to keep their traditions.

One of the defining moments of President Andrew Jackson’s career, if not the most significant, was the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This was a controversial bill at the time and the impact from it is still felt today. The Indian Removal Act directly led to the displacement of thousands of Native Americans; including four thousand deaths during the Trail of Tears, the forced march from Georgia to Oklahoma. While overt racism played a clear role in relocating Native Americans past the Mississippi, it is possible that other factors were at play. The living conditions in many of the states were poor for Natives and Jackson hoped that giving them a new location to live could remedy these problems while opening the land up for white settlers.

In 1830, congress passed The Indian Removal Act, which became a law 2 days later by President Andrew Jackson. The law was to reach a fairly, voluntarily, and peacefully agreement for the Indians to move. It didn’t permit the president to persuade them unwillingly to give up their land by using force. But, “President Jackson and his government

Ironically, President Andrew Jackson 's military command and almost his own life were saved thanks to the aid of 500 Cherokee allies at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814. Unremarkably, it was Jackson who authorized the Indian Removal Act of 1830. President Jackson authorized an attitude that had persisted for many years among many white immigrants. Even Thomas Jefferson, who often cited the Great Law of Peace of the Iroquois Confederacy as the model for the U.S. Constitution, supported Indian Removal as early as 1802. White Americans saw Indians to be an unfamiliar, alien people who occupied land that white settlers wanted and believed they deserved this land, even people who so called “supported” the Indians. Not everyone was for the removal, Senators

Indian Removal Act was the removal of tribes Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole nations because it was thought that Indian tribes were standing in the way of white progress, and their dream of manifest destiny. After a lot of debates in Senate on April 24, 1830, Senate vote 28 to 19 to pass the Act and later on House of Representatives voted 102 to 97 then, president, Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act because the land west of the Mississippi was unsuitable for farming and white settlers wanted to move to the Southeast where Native Americans lived which is present-day Oklahoma and parts of Kansas and Nebraska. They wanted the government to move the Native Americans to the Plains, so the whites could settle in the Southeast for farming cotton and other crops but when asked the president said it benefited the Indian tribes. Also, Indian territory had gold and rich farmland fertile for cash crops such as tobacco and cotton. His justification was its progressive and allowed the Native Americans to keep their way of life. His motivation was to make the white settlers happy and get the rich land of the Southeast. Jackson helped to negotiate nine out of eleven treaties which deprive the southern tribes of their homeland for lands in the west. At first, many tribes disagree to sign the treaties but later agreed and moved but Cherokees refused. “While some Indians complied peacefully, the Cherokee, among other tribes, resisted.”