Assignment: Journal

Journal Entry: The Indian Removal Act We all have heard the historical accounts of Jackson’s President era; from academics and from non-academic sources such as T.V. programming and they have given some attention to the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The Act affected Native Americans living in the United States east of the Mississippi, by forcing them to move west of the Mississippi. (Cave, 2003) Few people are aware that Jackson’s administration had violated the guarantees that were granted by the Indian Removal Act legislation that had in turn granted the authorized removal (Schultz, 2014). Most accounts have given majority of focus on the removal process with little to no attention to what the law allowed and physical actions that had been taken by Jackson’s administration (Cave, 2003). Congress officially passed The Indian Removal Act in 1830 (Schultz, 2014). The Removal Act never granted authorization for land treaties to Native American tribes or the forced relocation of Native American Indians east of the Mississippi. Some consider the actions to have been an abuse of presidential power by President Jackson (Cave, 2003). President Jackson gave false impressions to Congress to achieve his desired result of removing Native Americans from their land so that white man could settle land that was perfect for farming (Schultz, 2914). In conclusion, this grabbed the author’s attention because of the nature of how the actions had unfolded. The Indian Removal Act seemed to have come from President Jackson’s desire to increase the land controlled by the federal government. President Jackson was well known for not liking the Native Americans and this act seemed to be proof that he was willing to take any action to get rid of them. It also seemed like there was very little effort to hide the true intent of the act once it was made into