Question

Why did president andrew jackson remove the native americans from the south in the 1830s?

Answer 1

He called it a reforming purge that was designed to help the country. In reality, it was done to make room for his own party because it was the spoil system in which the governmental positions would go to party members, not to those who actually deserve it. During his first term, he changed as much as 20% of government workers.

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Answer 2

In the beginning of the 1830s, nearly 125,000 Native Americans lived on millions of acres of land in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Florida-land their ancestors and occupied for years. But since the white men settled, they had president Jackson sign the papers of the Indian Removal Act so they could grow cotton on the Indian's land. So while they were growing cotton and living in luxury, the Indians (Cherokees) to a long way to the west while thousands died along the way.