. . . 2 0 Unit 1 - Lesson 6: Andrew Jackson "Common Man" Democracy - Galiya Abdullah C T Reset 76% Source: Dee Brown, "The Trail of Tears," American History Illustrated, June 1972. Note: In the election of 1828, Andrew Jackson won 97 percent of the votes cast in Georgia. 1. Which of the following best describes the main idea of this passage? Choose the correct answer and HIGHLIGHT the text that supports your answer. In 1828, when Andrew Jackson was running for President, he knew that in order to win he must sweep the frontier states. Free land for the land-hungry settlers became a. Jackson's goal of removing Native Americans was politically motivated since it would help him gain more Jackson's major policy. He hammered away at this theme especially hard in Georgia, votes to get elected. where waves of settlers from the coastal low-lands were pushing into the highly b. Jackson's goal of removing Native Americans was desirable Cherokee country. He promised the Georgians that if they would help solely based on racism and white superiority. elect him President, he would lend his support to opening up the Cherokee lands c. Jackson's goal of removing Native Americans was out of concern for national security since tribes were for settlement. The Cherokee, of course, were not citizens and could not vote in helping hostile British and Spanish forces interfere with opposition. American settlement and trade. 1 Pt B C Source: Andrew Jackson's message to Congress on Indian Removal, December 6, 1830. Note: Jackson delivered this message six months after Congress passed the Indian Removal Act. The act 2. How would you describe was largely the result of white pressure to acquire Native American land for planting cott the TONE of Jackson's Removal Act gave the president the right to relocate Native Americans-including the Cherokee, Creek, message to Congress? 1 Pt Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole-to lands west of the Mississippi River. By law, the move would be HIGHLIGHT the text that voluntary. If they remained, however, the tribes, which had lived as independent nations within state supports your answer. boundaries, would have to abide by state law. A B C D a. negative b. judgemental c. positive It gives me pleasure to announce to Congress that the benevolent policy of the d. disgusted Government, steadily pursued for nearly thirty years, in relation to the removal of the Indians beyond the white settlements is approaching to a happy [ending]. The consequences of a speedy removal will be important to the United States, to 3. Which of the following describes the MAIN IDEA of Jackson's message? individual States, and to the Indians themselves.... It will separate the Indians from immediate contact with settlements of whites; free them from the power of the States; enable them to a. The Indian Removal Act benefits both Indians and White Settlers since it pursue happiness in their own way and under their own rude [simple] institutions.... protects the Indians' way of life while also What good man would prefer a country covered with forests and ranged by a few allowing America to expand and develop. 1 Pt thousand savages to our extensive Republic, studded with cities, towns, and prosperous farms ... occupied by more than 12,000,000 happy people, and filled with all the blessings of liberty, b. The Indian Removal Act will be benevolent, and speedy in order to allow A B C civilization and religion? whites to occupy Native American land ... We now propose to acquire the [land] occupied by the red men... by a fair exchange, and begin planting cotton crops. and, at the expense of the United States, to send them to land where their existence may be c. Good men prefer a country covered prolonged and perhaps made perpetual. with forests and unused wilderness, rather than a developed country filled with cities, towns, and prosperous towns. "Great Father" Cartoon Figure 1.4. Great Father Andrew Jackson, artist unknown, circa 1835 Background Info Adjectives to describe how the