Why did the government and Andrew Jackson relocate thousands of American Indians out of western territories?
A) to open the land to gold and silver mining B) to make room for more white settlers C) to avoid having to provide them with schooling D) to encourage them to develop more fertile land E) to protect the cowboy way of life from attacks
Why did Jackson feel that relocating the Native Americans was the best policy?
The accelerated desire to relocate Indians to the West was a consequence of the election of Andrew Jackson in 1828. Jackson had a long and complicated history with Indians, having grown up in frontier settlements where stories of Indian attacks were common. At various times in his early military career Jackson had been allied with Indian tribes, but had also waged brutal campaigns against Indians. His attitude toward Native Americans was not unusual for the times, though by today’s standards he would be considered a racist as he believed Indians to be inferior to whites. One way to view Jackson’s attitude toward Indians was that he was paternalistic, believing the Indians to be like children who needed guidance. And by that way of thinking, Jackson may well have believed that forcing the Indians to move hundreds of miles westward may have been for their own good, as they would never fit in with white society. Of course the Indians, not to mention sympathetic white people ranging from religious figures in the North to the backwoods hero turned Congressman Davy Crockett, saw things quite differently. http://history1800s.about.com/od/america... Jackson also had adopted a Creek Indian baby named Lincoya. Please read below. https://suite101.com/a/lincoya-jackson-t...
Why did Andrew Jackson lose the 1824 presidential election?
In his second term Jackson faced many issues such as the Tariff of Abominations and nullification acts, which he forced Congress to pass acts, again proving he felt he had a higher power over the rest of the government, and abusing his power by forcing Congress to pass acts. But by far the main issue during Jackson’s second term was the Indian issue, in which Jackson used his power to support the removal of the Cherokee Indians. This was a foolish move on Jackson’s part because his reputation rested upon his cold-blooded slaughter of Native Americans at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, where Jackson\'s militia killed over 800 Creeks, shooting them down \"like dogs,\" in the Creek War of 1814. Many Americans started to believe that Jackson was prejudice. Even before the removal issue, there was already much conflict between Americans and the Indians. As America was expanding and settlers were moving west, they were intruding the Indians’ land. Before these invasions; however, treaties were made not permitting anyone to push the Indians out of their land in Georgia. Jackson completely agreed with the treaties but when Georgia disobeyed the government and invaded the Indians, he denied and ignored what was taking place. The Indians who had been guaranteed land by the United States even appealed in court. And even though the ruling was in favor of the Indians, Georgia continued to defy the ruling. But Jackson did not put in an effort to mend this dilemma. In fact Georgia and Jackson even ignored the Supreme Court ruling, Jackson made the United States army gather roughly 15,000 soldiers and forced the Cherokee Indians to move westward. This lengthy and horrific journey was what the Cherokees called the Trail of Tears. During this about one out of every four Indians died due to disease or lack of food. Another thing that outraged the Indians were that the American government, mainly Jackson promised the Indians nine million dollars for their relocation, but after the torturous journey was completed Jackson and his government took six million dollars out for the relocation costs. Jackson abused his power as president by exceeding his limits and allowing his personal happiness and emotions influence his decisions that may have affected him positively but affected the rest of the United States in a negative way; which was unbelievably selfish. He left the nation with confusion and failures instead of contributing to it, achievements.
Did Native Americans/Indians believe in a democracy or theocracy?
Beliefs varied from tribe to tribe. The five nations (who were later remanded to reservations and traveled the trail of tears under orders from Andrew Jackson) adopted and patterned their governments after the United States Constitution and followed many of the "white man's" ways, including owning slaves. They lived in peace until greedy people wanted what the Native Americans had and convinced (it didn't take much) President Andrew Jackson to relocate them. Davy Crockett, who was in Washington DC at the time, got fed up with the whole matter and left the United States for Texas, very much angry with Jackson for what he had done. The preceding is from memory; for more information, see the wikipedia article and follow the links. As to believe in God, again, it varies from tribe to tribe, but generally speaking the religion was tied to nature and while some believed in a Great Spirit, not all of them did. A starting place is the wikipedia article on Native American mythology.