In 1830, Jackson ignored a Supreme Court ruling to sign into law the Indian Removal Act, forcing native people to lands in the West, away from their homes east of the Mississippi river.
The reason: Gold.
Gold had been found on Cherokee land, and Jackson wanted it. The president’s excuse for removal – claiming the Cherokees had violated the constitution by declaring their own state without approval – was a smokescreen.
The native Americans were eventually forced to march 800 miles west. From the 47,000 southeastern Indians that were uprooted, it is estimated that 1 in 4 died from either exhaustion or starvation on what is now called The Trail of Tears. Jackson acquired more than one hundred million acres of land.
The Indian Removal Act was genocide.
Andrew Jackson should not be on the $20 bill I have many more reason but that’s the biggest.
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Which of the following became law under the USA Patriot Act?
B. the government's ability to monitor citizens’ e-mails without a warrant
What steps did Obama take in response to the Great Recession? Select two correct answers.
B. extended health care coverage to more people
D. invested in energy and other industries to spur job creation
What steps did President Obama take in response to the civil war in Yemen?
C. He provided planning and intelligence support to Yemen’s allies.
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They opposed the act because they had to pay taxes on provisions and barracks for the army, they also was there during a peaceful time, and at that, they feared the soldiers.
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Damocles is a character who appears in an (likely apocryphal) anecdote commonly referred to as "the Sword of Damocles", an allusion to the imminent and ever-present peril faced by those in positions of power. Damocles was an obsequious courtier in the court of Dionysius II of Syracuse, a 4th-century
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I don't know how he died sorry.
