HIST 2055 Chapter : US To 1865, Jacksonian America
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Jackson"s election after jqa led to harshly divided political parties. Jackson was raised on the tennessee frontier in a very agrarian society during survivalist times, often dueling and fighting with native. Jackson was fundamental to indian removal, primarily motivated by racial prejudice. Jackson supported an assimilation plan that encouraged native. Americans to change their names, learn english, and accept. Americans to leave: native american lands are semi-autonomous countries that are still a part of the united states, but are able to have their own laws and representation, (i. e. native american casinos bypassing local gambling laws) Jackson supported georgia against the cherokee nation: feeling defeated by the supreme court, jackson states that. Federal law trumps state law and can force the migration of. Jackson establishes oklahoma as a federal territory for native. Americans and makes all tribes migrate: federal territory defeats state law over native, trail of tears. American territory: after andrew jackson, during van buren"s term, 15,000 (est.
