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HIS2050 Discussion Board DUE 9/23/17 @ 9PM

Instructions:

The writing should be clear and concise while using a minimum of two academic sources as support. Participation must be meaningful discussions in the forums with your peers. You must post an initial response and respond to 1 other student on the discussion topic. Your classmates responses must be a minimum of 150 words with citations. You cannot simply say “I agree” or “good job” in your responses, and they must well thought out replies in complete sentences.

Topic:

Read Ch. 9, ("The Cherokee Removal: An American Tragedy"), in your textbook, The Way We Lived. Why do you think the Cherokees were forced to leave their homes despite the apparent strong sentiment against it? Who supported their removal and why?  Do you think more should have been done to protect them? If so, what and by whom?

Textbook for HIS2050 only:

Kennedy et al, The Brief American Pageant, Vol. I: to 1877 (Wadsworth/Cengage, 2012) 8th ed.

Binder and Reimers, editors, The Way We Lived: Essays and Documents in American Social History, Vol. I: 1492-1877 (Wadsworth/Cengage, 2008), 7th ed.

1st Person-Julia:

Jefferson had said his reasoning for the Indian policy was to maintain peace and gain land, and if it bore no fruit the Indians would be forced to leave. This was put to place when Jackson was president. Jackson told the Cherokee the reasoning was to protect them from the white settlers they didn't get along with. But I believe the whole reason for making the Indians leave was due to greed with land. All we wanted was more land, so we took theirs when we had no right to do so. The US government supported this and the people of Georgia because they were taking over their land. I believe more should have been done by the people who opposed this Indian removal act, but I'm not sure it really would have helped. Davy Crockett believed it was cruel and dishonest to do this. There were some other men who also spoke for the Cherokee's in congress, but the treaty was still passed with one vote.