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发帖数: 5368 | 1 The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on
May 28, 1830.[1][2]
President Andrew Jackson called for an Indian Removal Act in his 1829 speech
on the issue.
The Removal Act was strongly supported in the South, where states were eager
to gain access to lands inhabited by the Five Civilized Tribes. In
particular, Georgia, the largest state at that time, was involved in a
contentious jurisdictional dispute with the Cherokee nation. President
Jackson hoped removal would resolve the Georgia crisis. The Indian Removal
Act was also very controversial. While Native American removal was, in
theory, supposed to be voluntary, in practice great pressure was put on
Native American leaders to sign removal treaties. Most observers, whether
they were in favor of the Indian removal policy or not, realized that the
passage of the act meant the inevitable removal of most Indians from the
states. Some Native American leaders who had previously resisted removal now
began to reconsider their positions, especially after Jackson's landslide
re-election in 1832. Affected tribes include the Cherokee, Chickasaw,
Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole.[citation needed]
Most European Americans favored the passage of the Indian Removal Act.
The Removal Act paved the way for the reluctant—and often forcible—
emigration of tens of thousands of American Indians to the West. The first
removal treaty signed after the Removal Act was the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit
Creek on September 27, 1830, in which Choctaws in Mississippi ceded land
east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West. Choctaw
chief (thought to be Thomas Harkins or Nitikechi) quoted to the Arkansas
Gazette that the 1831 Choctaw removal was a "trail of tears and death."[4][5
] The Treaty of New Echota (signed in 1835) resulted in the removal of the
Cherokee on the Trail of Tears. The Seminoles did not leave peacefully as
did other tribes; along with fugitive slaves they resisted the removal. The
Second Seminole War lasted from 1835 to 1842 and resulted in the forced
removal of Seminoles, only a small number to remain, and around 3,000 were
killed amongst American soldiers and Seminoles.[6]
In 1823 the Supreme Court handed down a decision (Johnson v. M'Intosh) which
stated that Indians could occupy lands within the United States, but could
not hold title to those lands.[7] | m***o
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发帖数: 5368 | 3 人大也要研究研究，怎样搞一个有中国特色的种族灭绝法律。
【在 m***o 的大作中提到】
: 法律专家纷纷表示OK
| o*******2
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发帖数: 5368 | 5 中国人民也支持，也民主。
【在 o*******2 的大作中提到】
: 美国人民都支持，很民主
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