How Was Andrew Jackson Indian Removal Act Justified

“Chief John Ross led in prayer and when the bugle sounded and the wagons started rolling, many of the children rose to their feet and waved their little hands good-bye to their mountain homes, knowing that they are leaving them forever.”(Courtesy Marion Co., Arkansas Historic Geneological Society) Cherokee Indians had to move from their homes during the snow not to somewhere warm but west where it was freezing cold. President Andrew Jackson was a war hero but not a good leader of our country. He pasted a treaty that the Cherokee Indians had to give up their land and move west of the Mississippi River. President Jackson promised the Indians horses and shelter but he did not give them anything. Indian removal act was not justified because President Jackson was not being a good leader, they Cherokee Indians were there first and claimed their land before the white settlers came, lastly the Indian Removal was very cruel and

President Jackson didn’t treat the CHerokee Indians with respect at all. In the U.S. Constitution it states that the CHerokee Indians were there first and they own the land that they took their territory. President JAckson said,” The sooner you do this, the sooner you will commence your career of improvement and prosperity.”(Doherty and Jaffe) Meaning that the sooner the Cherokee Indians moved west of the Mississippi River the sooner you will get our help moving. Another example is that the Cherokee Indians didn’t move when the white settlers wanted them so, “ In Georgia, especially, multitudes were allowed no time to take anything with them. Also, the property of many has been taken, and sold before their eyes for almost nothing,”(Green and Perdue) This shows that President Jackson didn’t let the Indians pack up their stuff so, they would have some supplies to walk on the “Trail of Tears”. President Jackson was very unfair and unconstitutional to all of the Native