By opening the whole territory between Tennessee on the north and Louisiana on the south to the settlement of the whites it will
incalculably strengthen the southwestern frontier and render the adjacent states strong enough to repel future invasions without remote aid. - President Andrew Jackson, message to Congress
How did President Jackson plan to accomplish the goal mentioned in this excpert?
A. By removing local tribes from those lands.
B. By purchasing the land and selling it for a lower price.
C. By using federal money to strengthen local economies
D. By denying citizen land claims from the colonial era.
Andrew Jackson's message to Congress begins like this:
It gives me pleasure to announce to Congress that the benevolent policy of the Government, steadily pursued for nearly thirty years, in relation to the removal of the Indians beyond the white settlements is approaching to a happy consummation. Two important tribes have accepted the provision made for their removal at the last session of Congress, and it is believed that their example will induce the remaining tribes also to seek the same obvious advantages.
