Image result for In 1836, despite an earlier Supreme Court decision thatsaid American Indian nations were independent, Presidents Andrew Jackson called for the forced removal of Cherokee Indians from their homelands in the southern UnitedStates. Known as the Trail of Tears, this 1,000-mile journeyto new territory in present-day Oklahoma caused manypeople to die.Interpretation 1 -President Jackson should have respected the decision ofthe Supreme Court and not forced the Cherokee Indian tribes to move.Interpretation 2 - President Jackson was within his rights to ignore theSupreme Court decision if it conflicted with his promise to provide land toAmerican citizens.
Still upset at the results of the 1824 election, he believed in giving the power to elect the president and vice president to the American people by abolishing the Electoral College, garnering him the nickname the "people's president." Campaigning against corruption, Jackson became the first president to widely replace
