The Long, Bitter Trail: Andrew Jackson and the Indians by Anthony F.C. Wallace :: American History

The Long, Bitter drop behind Andrew capital of Mississippi and the Indians by Anthony F.C. W bothaceThe Long, Bitter Trail Andrew capital of Mississippi and the Indians was written by Anthony F.C. Wallace. In his book, the main argument was how Andrew Jackson had a direct affect on the mistreatment and removal of the native Americans from their homelands to Indian district. It was a trail of blood, a trail of death, but ultimately it was cognise as the Trail of Tears. Throughout Jacksons two terms as President, Jackson used his personnel unjustly. As a man from the bourn State of Tennessee and a leader in the Indian wars, Jackson loathed the native-born Americans. Keeping with consistency, Jackson found a way to use his power incorrectly to eliminate the Native Americans. In May 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed into law the Indian Removal Act. This act required all tribes east of the Mississippi River to leave their lands and travel to reservations in the Oklahoma Territor y on the Great Plains. This was done because of the pressure of white settlers who wanted to abbreviate over the lands on which the Indians had lived. The white settlers were already emigrating to the Union, or America. The East sailing was burdened with new settlers and becoming vastly populated. President Andrew Jackson and the regime had to find a way to move people to the West to gift room. In 1830, a new state law said that the Cherokees would be under the jurisdiction of state rather than federal law. This meant that the Indians now had little, if any, guard against the white settlers that desired their land. However, when the Cherokees brought their case to the authoritative Court, they were told that they could not sue on the basis that they were not a foreign nation. In 1832, though, on appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokees were a domestic dependent nation, and therefore, eligible to develop federal protection against the state. However, Jackson ess entially overruled the decision. By this, Jackson implied that he had more power than anyone else did and he could enforce the bill himself. This is yet another(prenominal) way in which Jackson abused his presidential power in order to produce a favorable result that complied with his own beliefs. The Indian Removal Act forced all Indians tribes be moved west of the Mississippi River. The Choctaw was the first tribe to leave from the southeast.