Indian removal act

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 allowed President Andrew Jackson to move all of the Naive Americans living east of the Mississippi river, to territory west of the river. Jackson enforced this with the Cherokee Indians living in Georgia. “As the Cherokee made their arduous journey to Oklahoma, starvation, illness, cold, and despair resulted in thousands of deaths, so that the journey is now remembered as the Trail of Tears.” Because Jackson wanted the removal of the Cherokee they were forced to leave their homes and make the long journey to Oklahoma. Many of them were not ready for the journey and lost their lives on the way. Not only did Jackson remove the Indians from their homes, but he also did not follow the law. The law states that “to give them such aid and assistance as may be necessary for their support and subsistence for the first year after their removal.” But this was not complied with, because if this part of the law had been put into effect, so many Native Americans would not have lost their lives on their journey. I think that this event was uncalled for. The reason for the many deaths of theses Native Americas was so that American could expand. It may have been necessary for America to expand, but it was not necessary to take the land from the Native Americans. There were other solutions to Americas need for land that would have spared the lives of many Cherokee Indians.

"Indian Removal Act (1830)." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 29 Jan. 2010. .