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The Indian Removal Act

The Indian Removal Act. By: McKenzie Green, Faith Mayhugh. Andrew Jackson. Jackson removed all the Native Americans that were living in the west. He made them go on a harsh trail that sent them farther west. The trail was called The Trail of Tears.

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The Indian Removal Act

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  1. The Indian Removal Act By: McKenzie Green, Faith Mayhugh

  2. Andrew Jackson • Jackson removed all the Native Americans that were living in the west. • He made them go on a harsh trail that sent them farther west. • The trail was called The Trail of Tears. • On the way, many Native Americans died.

  3. How Many Died • 15,000 Cherokees were on the Trail of Tears. • 1/3 of the Cherokees died on the trail. • Most died because of harsh weather and lack of supplies.

  4. Native Americans Today Today, most Native Americans are very poor. Some only live on $1.25 each day. Only 300 million people have access to electricity. Women and children suffer.

  5. Comparing Native Americans Americans To be considered poor - must make less 22,314 a year. Sometimes they double up on houses. Without unemployment benefits, which pays tens of billions of dollars to middle class families, poverty could have risen up to 15.4 %. • 40 % of 4.9 million Native Americans live on reservations. • Living conditions have been comparable to harsh weather, remoteness, and a lack of resource’s to create terrible conditions on the trail.

  6. Answer We are led to believe that the Indian Removal Act was justified. We believe this because we wouldn’t be able to be living in the west or be living where we are today without the act. The act enabled America to grow stronger as a nation which benefitted everyone including the Native Americans. Many Native Americans are poor today, but so are a lot of Americans. This may mean that the poverty levels of Native Americans is not related to their removal. Due to these reasons, we believe that the Indian Removal Act was justified.

  7. The Other Side Some people might disagree that it is not justified because many Cherokees died on the way. Andrew Jackson demanded that they could only bring what they could carry. So many of the Native Americans lost their life due to terrible weather. Also now Native Americans are very poor and many women and children suffer.

  8. Bibliography Africans in America. Indian Removal. n.d. 17 October 2013 <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2959.html>. Darrenkamp, Angela. The Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears: Cause, Effect and Justification. n.d. 18 October 2013 <http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/7402>. —. The Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears: Cause, Effect and Justification. n.d. 17 October 2013 <http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/7402>. Huff Post Business. Percent Last Year, Total Number Hit All-Time Record . 13 November 2011. 18 October 2013 <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/13/us-poverty-rate-2011_n_959936.html>. Fisher, Michael H. Background essay human environment. 8 July 2013. 17 October 2013 <http://recources.primarysource.org/content.php?pid=337082&sid=2757048>.

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