Trail Of Tears Analysis

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The website I chose for this assignment is titled "The Trail of Tears- The Indian Removals", at http://www.ushistory.org/us/24f.asp. I chose this website particularly because I am familiar with it from using it for other assignments. Also, the site always has several helpful pictures and it is full of useful information about my topic. Lastly, the website asks you questions that make you feel involved with the article. For example, it had the question, "Do you think that Jackson had the right to ignore the Supreme Court's decision in Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia?", and this can help the reader feel connected with the topic and it can help them understand more about it.

The website is related to what we are talking about because the Trail of …show more content…

Everyone makes Jackson out to be an amazing man who served well as the president, in which he did. However, I have never heard about this side of him. Of course, he was doing this to benefit the United States, but the tribes eventually had to relocate entirely from their homes just because Andrew Jackson forced them to. Jackson had to send his military to remove the tribes from the region of Georgia because of all of the dispute that was going on. In the end, Jackson got his way and the tribes left for the …show more content…

Somehow I feel that he is misunderstood but then again he isn't? Was he a good guy or was he a bad guy? It depends on who you ask, really. For example, to some of the whites, the Indian Removal Act could be remembered as one of the best things that Andrew Jackson did. On the other hand, for people who have Indian heritage, might consider this a horrible act passed by President Jackson. It could be vice versa as well. In reality, though, Jackson really did want what was best for his country, even if that included getting rid of Indians to another region. I believe that he wanted the best for the tribes too and that he wanted all of them to be together, just not in this particular land. Overall, I think that Andrew Jackson had very good intentions, they just might have come off as discourteous or inconsiderate to

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