Indian removal act information
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The Indian Removal Act was passed by Congress on May 28, 1830, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. The law authorized the president to negotiate with Indian tribes in the Southern United States for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their ancestral homelands.
CONSTITUTIONALITY AND IDEALS
This event connects to the constitutional because it violates the purpose of checks and balances. Checks and balances was creates to insure that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups. In this case the Congress and Andrew Jackson would be the individuals or groups that gained too much political power. This then forced the Native Americans to leave their homes into new unknown land. Did the Congress and Andrew Jackson have the power to ignore checks and balances?
The Indian Removal contradicted almost all the ideals from the Declaration of Independence. It violated the ideal of Opportunity by not allowing the Indians to advance in life. Thomas Jefferson drove the Indians away from their home and any life they originally had. The Indians lost everything, and by always being on the run, they never got the chance to advance in life, to establish any progress in their evolution.
The Indian Removal contradicted almost all the ideals from the Declaration of Independence. It violated the ideal of Opportunity by not allowing the Indians to advance in life. Thomas Jefferson drove the Indians away from their home and any life they originally had. The Indians lost everything, and by always being on the run, they never got the chance to advance in life, to establish any progress in their evolution.