Indian Removal (Zinn Chapter 7)

Once the white men decided that they wanted lands belonging to the
Native Americans (Indians), the United States Government did everything
in its power to help the white men acquire Indian land. The US
Government did everything from turning a blind eye to passing
legislature requiring the Indians to give up their land (see Indian
Removal Bill of 1828). Aided by his bias against the Indians, General
Jackson set the Indian removal into effect in the war of 1812 when he
battled the great Tecumseh and conquered him. Then General, later to
become President, Jackson began the later Indian Removal movement when
he conquered Tecumseh¹s allied Indian nation and began distributing
their lands (of which he invested heavily in). Jackson became the leader
of the distribution of Indian lands and distributed them in unequal
ways. In 1828 when Jackson was running for President his platform was
based upon Indian Removal, a......

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