ANDREW JACKSON
(INDIAN POLICIES)
Americans and Native Americans Many problems in the past with Native
Americans Cause and effect of white, American settlement
Andrew Jacksons Past
1814 Creek Indians loss 22
million acres in Georgia and Alabama
1818 Jackson sent to Florida
Punish Seminoles 1814-1824
Helped to sign 9 out of 11 treaties
Relocated Natives to West
Indian Response and Resistance
Assimilation- transforming to American culture
Gave up of land Waged War
Could you tell this is the SAME person?
Indian Removal Act 1830
Jackson urged Congress to pass the law Remove Natives from land to reserved land in
the West Did NOT say they could be removed by
force
Indian Relocation
Native American and White Response
Natives called for Supreme court help 1831 law passed stating Natives had
rights to their land Right to self-government
Jackson and Georgia refused to acknowledge the ruling Pushed Removal Resistance was followed with military force
Indian Resistance
Sac and Fox in Illinois Led by Chief Black Hawk
Black Hawk War Fought for 2 Years
Chief taken away in chains
Seminoles in Florida Osceola young Chief Fought resistance for 10 years
Indian Resistance
1836 thousand of Creeks in Alabama were handcuffed and marched West
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears 17,000 Cherokee
Dragged out of homes
Federal troops assisted in relocation
4,000 died on the way
Results By 1837 46,000 Natives Americans were
relocated Opened up 25 million acres of land to white
settlers Since 1928 the US has honored Jackson by
placing him on the $20.00 bill