The concealed story of the US expansion is that there was a lot more violence and manipulation than what's been told, as many white Americans pushed native Americans out of their homes and forced them to leave. In Document B, Andrew Jackson stated that he had no intentions of deceiving the Native Americans (Document B). Andrew wanted the Native Americans to leave on their terms and not have to be pushed out. In reality, Andrew Jackson just wanted control of the land where the Native Americans were living. He manipulated them into thinking he was on their side as long as they did what he asked. Document C states that white colonizers destroyed the land of the Cherokee tribe and forced them to flee their homelands and walk for miles to the west …show more content…
Lastly in Document D, this map shows the Trail of Tears and the journey that the Native Americans were forced to walk. This trail was well over 5,000 miles and all the Native Americans had along this journey was anything they had on their back, 10,000 people were said to have died on this journey (Document D). This means that the white settlers put the Native Americans on such a dangerous journey to the West, they killed thousands of Native Americans by sending them on the trail and forcing them out of their homes. In conclusion, the concealed story of the US expansion is that the white settlers used force and manipulation to move them to the West, if they didn't oblige they were taken from their homelands and put on a journey that caused hundreds of Native Americans to …show more content…
For example, Document B is about Andrew Jackson and how he felt about Indian removal, he wished that the Native Americans would “voluntarily” remove themselves from the land and head west, he said he wished not to trick them and that it would be better for everyone if they moved because of their own free will (Document B) Andrew Jackson wanted no Indian Americans to be on non-native American land because he was in favor of the Indian Removal Act. He thought that the removal would strengthen the South and that the Native Americans should not be on that land. Another example of the government playing a role in the US expansion is in Document A when there were mixed feelings about the Indian Removal Act with Worcester v. Georgia. Worcester was not in favor of the act and thought the Cherokees should have the right to choose who was allowed on their land, Georgia had laws surrounding the Cherokee Nation that stated non-Cherokees were not allowed on their land without a license (Document A). This shows how the government played a role because the Georgia government wanted to rule and dictate the laws of the Cherokee nation, even though others thought they had no right to enforce laws about their land. Worcester thought they should be able to decide who came on their land, regardless of the laws that were
given as much political power as whites, they were considered a racial minority. The Native Americans’ lack of political power enticed the white majority to act selfishly, confining the Native Americans into reservations to make room for westward expansion. Although these reservations were beneficial for whites, they were not beneficial for the Native Americans who were forced out of their homes. Thus, the power of the white majority caused negative repercussions for the Native American minority. Furthermore
DBQ During the 1820’s - 1830’s America went through some would call a political revolution when government issues were diverted from being only for the elite to now they would include the common man as well. This change of power brought a lot of power to the people contributing to the Jacksonian democratic belief of guarding the Constitution. Yet, many of the people under Jackson still saw no change in their liberties, as they did not meet the Jacksonians target audience of white males. Despite
Imperialism DBQ Throughout American History the U.S. has sought to expand its boundaries. This need increased greatly during the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century with the start of the industrial revolution. This Expansion was a big departure from earlier attempts to expand the boundaries of the U.S. The needed for Natural resources forced the U.S to look for places that could supply them with the natural resources they needed and markets where they could sell their goods in.