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This sad relocation of the Cherokees occurred after Jackson left office, but
he set in motion the idea that Indians must be moved out of GA and Alabama
into land west of the Mississippi, so must share some of the responsibilty
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoThis happened after he left office, so had only an indirect role in it. However, he
pushed for Indian resettlement and the Trail of Tears was the result of Indian
policy that he advocated .
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∙ 10y agoThis sad event happened after Jackson left office. He has no active involvement with it-- he probably never knew about the atrocities that gave this name to the forced migration of the Cherokees. However, he did favor Indian removal in part of the West.
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Jackson was a strong and vocal proponent of removing Indians from their land so white settlers could have them. While President he pushed the Indian Removal Act through Congress, and for years thereafter the U.S. government forced Indians to move westward, beyond the Mississippi River. One aspect of this forced removal from their lands is called the Trail of Tears.
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∙ 13y agoHe brought up the trail of tears since the Cherokees didn't want to sign a treaty. Jackson refused to negotiate so he sent in General Winfield Scottch with his troops and forced 16000 Indians on a trail (know as trail of tears) to the Indian Territory!
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∙ 10y agoAndrew Jackson pushed the Indian Removal Act through Congress in 1830, and for years thereafter the U.S. government forced Indians to move westward, beyond the Mississippi River. One aspect of this forced removal from their lands is called the Trail of Tears.
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∙ 7y agoSimply put, he ran his election on the promise that he hated "indians" and would destroy them and claim their land. People liked the idea and voted for him, and he fulfilled his promise (people like the thought of free lands, and dead 'heathens')
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∙ 6y agoAndrew Jackson caused the Trail of Tears to happen. He was President at the time and he hated all native Americans. He ordered the army to escort the native Americans from their homes to go to Oklahoma with out enough food and and other supplies. Many thousands died.
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∙ 10y agoHe wanted to protect them, and hopefully preserve their race
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∙ 12y agobecause he didnt like Indians
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How did the revolutionary war bring personal tragedy to Andrew Jackson?
Andrew's father died a month before he was born, leaving his mother to raise Andrew and his two older brothers. One brother died serving in the Continental Army. Andrew and his other brother both joined the Army as well - Andrew was only 13. The brothers were captured by the British. An officer struck Andrew in the face with his sword when Andrew refused to clean the officer's boots, and Andrew bore this scar on his face the rest of his life. The brothers nearly starved to death while in captivity. Then smallpox broke out among the prisoners. Andrew's mother went to the British and pleaded for the release of her two boys. Probably thinking they were going to die anyway, the British released her sons to her. Andrew's brother did die a few days later. When his mother was sure Andrew was going to live, she volunteered to nurse the other sick prisoners. Soon, she too came down with smallpox and died. So, barely fourteen, Andrew was an orphan and completely alone in the world, with no family left.
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Was it right or wrong for Andrew Jackson to make the trail of tears?
This question can only lead to debate, and there are as many opinions on the matter as there are people willing to give them. Given in this answer are at least two of the popular opinions behind why it was wrong, and why it was not wrong - in no particular order:Not Wrong:Andrew Jackson didn't "make" the Trail of Tears, but he set into motion the factors that allowed it to happen. President Jackson was a veteran Indian fighter and was against allowing the tribes as separate nations within individual states. When GA tried to gain control over the Cherokees the Supreme Court upheld the rights of the Native Americans. For Jackson, the only solution seemed to be the removal of the Eastern Indians to the Great Plains West. He pushed the scheme as the most just and humane alternative. The Native Americans were to exchange their lands for tracts in the "wilds" beyond the Mississippi in what is now OK. There they would assured that they could live with no further encroachment by the white men. In 1830 Congress made this policy into law, but new permanent frontier would only last 15 years before more settlers came. More than 100,000 Native Americans were moved in the 1830's and part of that was when the "Trail of Tears" took place.Wrong:Andrew Jackson first committed an act of Treason by violating a treaty taken under Article 6 of the US Constitution (all Indian treaties are made a part of the US Constitution by this article, and also requires an oath to support that same constitution by the same article) such treaties promised that the natives holding the lands taken would not be taken; Jackson ignored these and forced the removal.Andrew Jackson was no different than Hitler in responsibility for acts of his juniors, under laws he passed, policies he put in place, acts he condoned, and public incitement to commit such acts; The International Court of Justice has said such during the war crimes trials of WWII and this was not a new law, it was a very old law. It is a rule of law that a Senior Officer is guilty of the same crime committed by a junior officer, if the senior learns of the crime and fails to prosecute the junior - this is the very nature of a conspiracy to commit an act, or condoning an act. The Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears started in 1831 and lasted till 1838, Jackson was president from 1829 - 1837, so 7 of the 8 years was under his command.Jackson also called for "Ethnic Cleansing" (Genocide), and openly supported this policy of genocide against native Americans. In modern law, modeled after ancient international law, Genocide is: any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy in whole, or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:(a) Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group. Acts punishable include: (a) Genocide; (b) Conspiracy to commit genocide; (c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide; (d) Attempt to commit genocide; (e) Complicity in genocide.It was wrong and an injustice to the Native American population. It violated every treaty and promise of the United States to Native Americans. It was genocide in it's truest form.
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They would bring flour,bread,milk,and other baking equipment.
