Summary:
Back in 1830's, the Americans were prejudice of the Native Americans because they wanted all of the Indian lands to themselves. They tried everything they possibly could to get the Indians out of their homelands.
Shouldn't everyone be living in a world where people should be accepted for who they are, how they look, and what color skin they are? In today's society, people are living how they want, and where they want because everyone is equal. No one is able to force another race out of their homeland no matter what the problem is. In the 1800's, it was definitely not like this at all. Racism played a huge role and getting another race out of one's homeland wasn't hard at all.
Back in 1830's, the Americans were prejudice of the Native Americans because they wanted all of the Indian lands to themselves. They tried everything they possibly could to get the Indians out of their homelands. All the Indians ever tried to do was mind their own business, and just live a normal happy life that wasn't disrupted. This was never possible to the Indians because as much as they tried, the Americans would always ignore everything the U.S Supreme Court granted to the Native Americans since it was all only on paper. They tried to do everything in their favor to get the Indians to move out such as using threat of violence.
Eventually in 1830, congress granted Jackson's wish to pass the Indian Removal Act. This time, the government officially removed all of the Indian tribes out of the Eastern United States. The government did this by the help of 7,000 U.S soldiers who literally came to each house and ordered each member in the family to get into a wagon with all of the belongings that they needed. They then headed to concentration camps by ships. These ships were deadly where many died because of the diseases such as cholera and over crowdedness. The houses were left behind empty, in which the Native Americans had no chose but to leave. Some Americans moved into these empty houses and some were burnt. No matter what happened, the Americans wish was fulfilled because now the land was all theirs.
There were a few people who disagreed with this Removal Act. Some of the people were Davy Crockett, and Daniel Webster. They had a say in what they thought, and it was that this Removal Act was wrong. As much as they were against this act, they really couldn't do anything about it because it was an Act that was passed by the Congress.
The Indian Removal Act affected the future of these tribes in many ways. This Act led to many of the Indians dying before they even got to the West. The Indians had to suffer and go through so much just to live freely and undisrupted. Most of them got infected with diseases and drowned in the seas. Every Indian person, the parents, adults, and even the young kids had to go through this. This was all a nightmare to them because what kind of future can they possibly have now, that half of their family is dead or even probably all the loved ones have died. All they can see now is the dead buried, or covered with a blanket.
Can you ever imagine this happening to you just because you were another race and had land? This is really sad how people back in the days had to go through so much, giving up everything they had because an Act was passed and suffering so much. The United States has changed a lot from the past. Nobody can be forced to go anywhere just because someone else wants their land.
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