1. Andrew Jackson (Indian Policies)

2. Americans and Native Americans
Many problems in the past with Native Americans
Cause and effect of white, American settlement

3. Andrew Jacksons Past
1814
Creek Indians loss 22 million acres in Georgia and Alabama
1818
Jackson sent to Florida
Punish Seminoles
Helped to sign 9 out of 11 treaties
Relocated Natives to West

4. Indian Response and Resistance
Assimilation- transforming to American culture
Gave up of land
Waged War
Could you tell this is the SAME person?

5. Indian Removal Act 1830 Jackson urged Congress to pass the law
Remove Natives from land to reserved land in the West
Did NOT say they could be removed by force

6. Indian Relocation

7. Native American and White Response
Natives called for Supreme court help
1831 law passed stating Natives had rights to their land
Right to self-government
Jackson and Georgia refused to acknowledge the ruling
Pushed Removal
Resistance was followed with military force

8. Indian Resistance Sac and Fox in Illinois Black Hawk War
Led by Chief Black Hawk
Black Hawk War
Fought for 2 Years
Chief taken away in
chains
Seminoles in Florida
Osceola young Chief
Fought resistance for
10 years

9. Indian Resistance
1836 thousand of Creeks in Alabama were handcuffed and marched West

10. Trail of Tears

11. Trail of Tears 17,000 Cherokee 4,000 died on the way
Dragged out of homes
Federal troops assisted in relocation
4,000 died on the way

12. Results By 1837 46,000 Natives Americans were relocated
Opened up 25 million acres of land to white settlers
Since 1928 the US has honored Jackson by placing him on the $20.00 bill