Question

name date andrew jackson and the trail of tears in 1830, about 125,000 native americans lived on millions of acres of land in georgia, tennessee, alabama, north carolina and florida–land their ancestors had lived on for generations. the native americans land, located in the southeastern u.s., was valuable, and as white settlers flooded the area, they wanted to take it for themselves. many whites wanted to get wealthy by growing cotton and resorted to violence to take land from the native americans. whites stole their animals; burned and looted villages; committed mass murder; and illegally squatted on land that did not belong to them. this was part of how white americans accomplished manifest destiny, the idea that it was the fate of america to expand westward and control the continent. the federal government helped white settlers who wanted to grow cotton on the native americans land by forcing tribes to leave their homelands and walk 1,200 miles to a specially designated \indian territory\ across the mississippi river. this difficult and deadly journey is known as the trail of tears. 1. why did white americans want the native americans land in the southeastern u.s.? 2. how did white americans treat the native americans when they encountered them? 3. these methods were part of how americans accomplished __________ __________. 4. who helped the white farmers take native american land by forcing them to move westward? the indian removal act president andrew jackson believed in what he called \indian removal.\ in 1830, he signed the indian removal act passed by congress, which gave the federal government the power to exchange native - held land in the cotton areas east of the mississippi river for land to the west (in the \indian territory\ that the u.s. had acquired as part of the louisiana purchase - located in present - day oklahoma). the law required the government to negotiate removal treaties fairly, voluntarily and peacefully: it did not allow anyone to coerce native americans into giving up their lands. however, president jackson ignored the law and forced native americans to leave their lands. 5. in your own words, summarize what the indian removal act of 1830 allowed the federal government to do.

Explanation:

Question 1

The text states that the land in the Southeastern U.S. was valuable, and White settlers wanted to grow cotton to get wealthy, so they desired the Native Americans' land.

From the text, White Americans stole Native Americans’ animals, burned and looted their villages, committed mass murder, and illegally squatted on their land.

The text says these actions were part of how White Americans accomplished Manifest Destiny, the idea of expanding westward and controlling the continent.

Answer:

White Americans wanted the Native Americans’ land in the Southeastern U.S. because the land was valuable, and they wanted to grow cotton on it to get wealthy.

Question 2