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The Indian Removal policy, although shot down by the Supreme Court, Jackson went against their ruling and used it against the Cherokee Natives, forcing thousands of Cherokee to move west. During which, killed 1/4 of those moved west.
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ViviJackson supported Georgia's efforts to remove the Indians from the state. He urged them to accept federal land grants in the west, move them and live under their own sovereignty. The Cherokee sued and the supreme court rules they were a sovereign nation in Georgia, but Jackson continued to try to move them West and re-settle them. After he left office, the Cherokee were forced by the army to move west and 1/4 of the died on the march.
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What was the government's policy toward native american land?
The federal government had passed an act that designated the entire Great Plains as one enormous reservation, or land set aside for Native American tribes.
In the late 1800's the goal of the federal government's policy toward native American Indians was to?
The goal of the federal government's policy towards Native American Indians was to rid them of land wanted by the U.S. in order to proceed with territorial expansion. They wanted to relocate the Indians to reservations much smaller than where they were now. They started the Indian Removal Act in order to do so.
The sand creek massacre of 1864 and the battle at wounded knee in 1890 are examples of what us policy toward native Americans?
Move them at all costs
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President Jackson said that it would be in the Native American's best interest to be far away from white Americans.
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