During the time of Andrew Jackson’s presidency, one of the most unthought of acts gained so much support because of the way Jackson persuaded others. Jackson was able to institute the Indian Removal act by luring Americans in when he utilized special techniques called logical fallacies. Jackson has delivered numerous speeches that made Americans do preposterous things. Andrew Jackson was a man that chose his words with an abundance of thought. When going through this process, he made sure his listeners would unite and follow through with the action. In one of Jackson’s first speeches he says, “Our conduct toward these people is deeply interesting to our national character”(“First Annual Address”). In this particular statement, he is persuading his audience to think that America has “national character”, that we will treat the Indians according… (“First Annual …show more content…
The reasoning behind this, was the usage of logical fallacies. For example, he tends to use the logical fallacy called False Dichotomy which is when you make a situation only have two choices to choose from. “Our ancestors found them the uncontrolled processors of these vast regions. By persuasion and force they have been made to retire…until some of the tribes have become extinct and others have left but remnants… Surrounded by the whites with their arts of civilization, which by destroying the resources of the savage doom him to weakness and decay…this fate surely awaits them if they remain within the limits of the States does not admit of a doubt” (“First Annual”). The two options that Jackson delivers are that the Indians can either be broken down or forced from their land. How is this coherent? How is it humane to make a group of people flee from their land? Jackson makes it seem as if he can not do anything to solve the situation. When in all reality he can defend the