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Case Study: Indigenous Removal

Question 6 • CA-Ethnic Studies

After he became US president, what was Andrew Jackson’s policy toward the Cherokee people?

Answer
A
He wanted them to become US citizens and part of the United States.
B
He wanted them to move to northern territory to live with the Iroquois nations.
C
He wanted them to relocate to promote the expansion of the United States.
D
He wanted them to live in harmony with White American settlers in the East.

Explanation

Andrew Jackson supported the forced removal of the Cherokee and other Native peoples from their homelands in the Southeast to lands west of the Mississippi River. Relocation opened that eastern land to white American settlement and the expansion of the United States. Therefore, the correct choice is “He wanted them to relocate to promote the expansion of the United States.”

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