Read the four-page BRIA article entitled Indian Removal: The Cherokees, Jackson, and the “Trail of Tears.”
Then imagine that you have been selected to serve as advisors to President Andrew Jackson and in this regard have been called upon to tell President Jackson which of the six policies listed below he should adopt.
Then imagine that you have been selected to serve as advisors to President Andrew Jackson and in this regard have been called upon to tell President Jackson which of the six policies listed below he should adopt.
- Treat tribes as conquered peoples who have forfeited any claims to land
- Remove tribes to an unsettled part of American territory with compensation for giving up their homelands and property
- Allot tribal land to individual members of the tribe.
- Create one state for all tribes
What policy would you tell the president to adopt?
(see http://www.crf-usa.org/bill-of-rights-in-action/bria-21-1-c-indian-removal-the-cherokees-jackson-and-the-trail-of-tears.html for detail.)
I would pick the 4th policy because Jackson will not ruin the native's lives by sending them away from their homeland. I will just create a reservation for them.
ReplyDeleteB. The president should adopt option B. to remove tribes to an unsettled part of American territory with compensation for giving up their homelands and property
ReplyDeletePresident Jackson should adopt the policy which removes tribes to an unsettled part of American territory with compensation for giving up their homelands and property. This would maintain some peace between America and the tribes, and would give the tribes a foundation to rebuild their communities.
ReplyDeletePresident Jackson should adopt policy D because it offers a compromise between the Cherokees and Americans. The tribes are able to have and control their reserved land, and Americans can only take unreserved land. The Natives have to follow tribal and American law, and they can become citizens in the future, if they wanted to. This policy is less forceful than the others and is more considerate of the Native Americans. If we treat them as conquered people, take their land and give them money or shove them all into one state, there will be outrage and bloodshed.
ReplyDeleteAs an advisor to President Andrew Jackson I would tell him to adopt the D policy. As a tribe, I would not want to share my land with someone who I had been fighting just recently. If I were to be moved to somewhere different, I would prefer to be with my own type of people instead of being with others. Also the reservations should be land that can be farmed on and cultivated. If my life was an nice one where I was living as an native american I expect that when I’m moved that i get the same amount of land and the same lifestyle.
ReplyDeleteAs an advisor to President Andrew Jackson, I would advise for him to adopt the D policy when involving the Native Americans. The fact that the tribes had been their first and should be their land. In perspective of the Native Americans, I would not be too pleased if I were forced to emigrate onto a new land, and enforced to blend with the people I just went to war with. The only that the Native Americans would have to be losing would be their laws and the only thing the Americans would lose would be land but gain more citizens under their control, which is the most fair turn out.
ReplyDeleteOf the 6 policies listed, President Andrew Jackson should adopt the fourth policy. This policy creates federal reservations for specific tribes. Even though, their tribe will be relocated, the native americans will still be able to hold onto their customs and traditions. They will also still have the freedom to practice their own tribal government.
ReplyDeleteI would suggest to President Jackson to use the policy of creating federal reservations for specific tribes. This would allow tribes to be separated from each other and have their own personal land. They would also be under the U.S government, giving them a chance to become a U.S citizen in the future.
ReplyDeleteAlthough none of the policies are perfect, the policy that "creates federal reservations for specific tribes" would probably be the most practical and the best compromise. With this policy, the Native Americans would have to migrate; however, they would be in control of their new reserve land. Furthermore, the tribes would make their own tribe laws but would still have to follow federal laws. In addition, the Native Americans would be able to apply for U.S. citizenship if they wanted one. Overall, this policy would hopefully please both the Americans and Native Americans, allowing them to live in harmony.
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ReplyDeleteI would advise Andrew Jackson to policy D, where Native American tribes are given a reservation and can keep their land and control it however they please, as well as have their own tribal government. This policy is an equal compromise between the Native Americans and the U.S.
ReplyDeletePresident Andrew Jackson should adopt policy D because it has the most compromises to both sides. This policy gives natives reservation land that is their own, have their own and American laws, and have the chance of becoming a citizen if they wanted to. This policy offers the least amount of issues, is fair to both sides, and can be done with none to minimal bloodshed. Altogether, this policy would be the easiest adopted to.
ReplyDeleteIn the then current time period, I, being President Andrew Jackson's advisor, would strongly advocate for his embracing of the second policy; removing tribes to an unsettled land with compensation of giving up their homelands and property. This policy would pave the course to future reservations being born for native Americans. In addition, entire tribes would be compensated for moving, and would be able to develop and grow independently among one another with new resources.
ReplyDeleteI would recommend the policy in which the U.S citizens can purchase the natives land. This is most just because it enables the Indians to be most equal with U.S citizen in buying and selling of their land. Also this policy may lead to the native Americans acquiring citizenship.
ReplyDeleteI would choose the fourth policy, making a state for all the tribes, as it would permanently protect the native people from being forced off of their land, as they will still be able to have their own state government and be represented in the federal government, which would in the long term, be more beneficial to both the federal government and the natives there. It would also give them the rights of American Citizens, and allow for those who abused them to be punished based on American Federal Law.
ReplyDeleteBrianna I. Brown (626) 566-3820
ReplyDeleteAdvisor
July 6, 2018
President Andrew Jackson
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave
NW, Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Jackson:
I, Brianna Brown, was elected to serve as your advisor on the call of action to the Native Americans. I have come to the understanding that you are wanting to pursue the action of removing the cherokees and southern tribes to the unsettled land towards the west. But I truly must advise against that for it would and will cause trouble for America in the future and that this policy will not solve the Native American solution. From all of the six policies that are under consideration, the best way to approach this problem is to allot tribal land to the individual members of the land. But to help you make the right choice we have to look at all the other methods. All the similar approaches to the problem such as creating federal reservations for specific tribes, creating one state for all tribes,and Create federal reservations for specific tribes, and removing tribes to an unsettled part of American territory. They all include moving or giving future American soil to them which will cause future confrontations. And I know you know that America will not be held behind a line that in drawn in the soil. The other method is to treat tribes as conquered peoples who have forfeited any claims to land. This is much better than the other four strategies, but you will have many American citizens who would bring huge backlash as they would see this as morally wrong. Indians are the ones who lived on this land that we call America today and it would be unjust to leave them with nothing to survive. And lastly, to allot tribal land to the individual members of the land. Not only will this method make the tribes disappear and allow the American country move westward for more land, Native Americans would be able to be more assimilated to the American society and be subject to future citizenship.
So to conclude, policies B,D,E, and F will anger and prevent westward expansion. Policy A would be morally wrong to take everything away from them and leave them surviving on their own. But Policy C will guarantee Native American tribes to be gone and prevent future confrontations.
Thank you for considering my advice and taking the time to address this important matter at hand.
Respectfully,
Brianna Brown
Honorable Advisor Brianna I. Brown
The United States is controversial about the Westward Movement. The people in the old colonies in the east did not support it. On the one hand, there were moral reasons, and on the other hand, they worried that the new territory to be expanded would dilute political power. However, there are too many new immigrants, and the thirst for land and wealth has finally promoted the Western Movement. The policy d will not affect the development of the United States, and it can preserve the ethnic culture of Native Americans to the greatest extent without killing innocent people. It can even obtain a richer workforce from Native Americans and provide more supplies for the development of the United States.So the last is always the best choice
ReplyDeleteAs President Jackson's advisor, I would suggest the following policy:
ReplyDelete"Allot tribal land to individual members of the tribe."
While it may seem unfair to various tribal members, this is the policy that both allows Jackson to handle hostile tribe members while allowing the ones who do not see America as their enemy to continue living on their land. If anything, entire tribes who prove to be friendly could "own" their own homeland and not have further issues from the Federal Government, while tribes who are hostile would have no control over their land.
The other policies of relocation or conquest are even more damaging to the Natives. Those who are relocated can never return to their homeland without the Government's permission, and conquest is even worse as it risks destroying their culture and society. One state for all the Natives means that quite a few of them will be forced to live with old enemies, and most tribes would be removed from their homelands.
The policy of giving tribal land to specific members of the tribe might ensure that friendly tribal people would stay in their old homes, and that their homeland would not be taken away from them. Those relocated would already be the enemies of America and its President, and while it is sad to force them to go somewhere else, at least not all of the Natives would be kicked off their homelands.