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How Did The Indian Removal Act Contribute To The Jacksonian Democracy

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Andrew Jackson was the president of the United States of America and he served the position for 8 years. He was the 7th president and is now located on the twenty dollar bill. The inauguration of Jackson happened on the fourth of March in 1829. His presidential term made change on the political side of the country. Andrew Jackson hoped for America to achieve more democracy in the government. He did not want the nobles making all the decisions but everyone to have a say. The Jacksonian Democracy, led by Andrew Jackson, helped fight against aristocrats being able to have more privileges than people below them. It all started in 1824, after James Monroe was president, when Andrew Jackson ran against John Quincy Adams for the …show more content…

He signed it so he could have more power in getting the Native Americans out of the east. Most of the Supreme Court did not agree that the Indians should need to move. The goal was to move them to the west of the Mississippi River, primarily in places like Oklahoma. As the United States was growing, people moved further west. In order to keep the Indians away from the other people and to let the people spread out, they continuously had to move the reservations. On the 29th of May, the congressed passed The Act. Trail of Tears came from this and thousands of Indians in different tribes died because they were starving, sick, or old while traveling to the …show more content…

It began because South Carolina rejected the tariffs of 1828 and 1832. A crisis happened because the state stated that the tariffs were too much money and that the government could not force that upon them. The Vice President, Calhoun, resigned and went to be on the Senate for South Carolina. When South Carolina called it unconstitutional they were really angry. They even threatened to leave the United States because they did not like what the congress was doing. In order to calm things down, they made the Force Bill which forced them to pay the taxes. If they did not, then President Jackson had the right to harshly make South Carolina do it, by using the army. Jackson did not agree in letting a state nullify Federal

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The Indian Removal Act, which is the law authorized the president to negotiate with Indian tribes for their removal to west of the Mississippi River in trade for their lands, was passed by congress on May 28, 1830 since the President Jackson signed into this law. In other words, this law enabled to remove the Indians from their native lands. Through the Indian Removal Act, the five civilized tribes Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole were affected and forced to relocate their tribes from east of the Mississippi River to area in the west. President Andrew Jackson was a strong opponent of Indians and fought against them before becoming president in 1828. Even though some of people opposed this act, most Americans who lived in southern area supported this Indian Removal Act.

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(University of Richmond,1) It is rather a source of joy that our country affords scope where our young population may range unconstrained in body or in mind,developing the power and faculties of man in their highest perfection-stated President Andrew Jackson at his second State of The Union Address. He is prophesying about the promise and potential that the Indian Removal Act holds. Passed on May 28,1830,The Indian Removal Act allowed the US government to exchange unsettled lands west of the Mississippi River for Indian lands within the boundaries of southern states like Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. This was necessary because the jurisdiction was conflicting between the state government and the Indians.

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