Trail of Tears p2
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- I'm so sick and have many diseases.
- I'm literally dead.
- During the journey, Native Americans faced extreme hardships, such as brutal weather conditions, lack of food and supplies, disease outbreaks, exhaustion from forced marches, and brute force from soldiers.
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- If Native American tribes didn't comply with the Indian Removal Act, they faced military force, violent conflicts, loss of rights, and forced removal from the land.
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- I kicked all the Native American's out and send them to Indian Territory! I did this for the nation, and it will benefit everyone!
- This will provide plenty of land to support the cotton industry
- whites are superior!
- we got land!
- Manifest Destiny!
- Jackson was successful in his duty of the Indian Removal Act. Many southern white males were supporters of Jackson because they believed that removal of Native Americans would lead to economic expansion, greater access to land for farming, and Manifest Destiny. There was also critics who believed that Jackson was abusing his power since he ignored the ruling of John Marshall, and they believed it was inhumane.
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- I'm so hungry I feel like I'm going to die.
- We don't care. Keep going, we are almost at the Indiana Territory
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