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- 11: Andrew Jackson
- ... it was used to insure loyalty of the people in his administration. States rights played an important part in Jackson's policy's as president. In the case of the Cherokee Indians vs. The State of Georgia, two Supreme Court decisions in 1831 and 1832 upholding the rights of the Cherokee nation over the State of Georgia who had wanted to destroy Cherokee jurisdiction on it's land because gold had been found on it, and the state seeing the Indians as tenants on state land decided to "kick them out". Chief ...
- 12: President Andrew Jackson
- ... it was used to insure loyalty of the people in his administration. States rights played an important part in Jackson's policy's as president. In the case of the Cherokee Indians vs. The State of Georgia, two Supreme Court decisions in 1831 and 1832 upholding the rights of the Cherokee nation over the State of Georgia who had wanted to destroy Cherokee jurisdiction on it's land because gold had been found on it, and the state seeing the Indians as tenants on state land decided to "kick them out". Chief ...
- 13: The Nomination ofAndrew Jackson to the "Presidents Hall of Fame"
- ... it was used to insure loyalty of the people in his administration. States rights played an important part in Jackson's policy's as president. In the case of the Cherokee Indians vs. The State of Georgia, two Supreme Court decisions in 1831 and 1832 upholding the rights of the Cherokee nation over the State of Georgia who had wanted to destroy Cherokee jurisdiction on it's land because gold had been found on it, and the state seeing the Indians as tenants on state land decided to "kick them out". Chief ...
- 14: The Nomination of Andrew Jackson to the "Presidents Hall of Fame"
- ... it was used to insure loyalty of the people in his administration. States rights played an important part in Jackson's policy's as president. In the case of the Cherokee Indians vs. The State of Georgia, two Supreme Court decisions in 1831 and 1832 upholding the rights of the Cherokee nation over the State of Georgia who had wanted to destroy Cherokee jurisdiction on it's land because gold had been found on it, and the state seeing the Indians as tenants on state land decided to "kick them out". Chief ...
- 15: Social Inequality In 1820s
- ... still thought of Indians as inferior and continued his campaign against the Indian Confederation. In 1828, the state of Georgia placed a series of laws extending the states juridiction over Cherokee land which was illegal, but Jackson did nothign to stop the state of Georgia even though Chief Justice Marshall proclaimed the acts of Georgia illegal. In 1829, the Cherokees had established a civilized Cherokee nation. However, gold was found in the Cherokee lands and state officials enforced the rights of white trespassers over the Cherokee. Then the Georgia Legislature passed laws making illegal for Cherokees to mine for gold, testify against ...
- 16: John Marshall: Chief Justice and His Rulings
- ... that Marshall had previously ruled that the bank was in fact with in the range of the "elastic clause" in the constitution. Later, Marshall ruled in the case of the Cherokee's vs. Georgia that the Cherokees did not have to leave their land, and yield to the government of Georgia. This was an attack on State's rights and Jackson quickly reacted. Jackson made a statement saying that Georgia could take the Cherokee land and that the Cherokee's would have to move to the west. The Trail of Tears followed, during which many Cherokee died, not even reaching their undesirable destination. Jackson said something to the ...
- 17: The Bean Trees 2
- ... her name. (Taylor is the name she adopts when she runs out of gas in Taylorville, Illinois.) When her steering fails somewhere in central Oklahoma, in country owned by the Cherokee nation, she stops for repairs at a roadside service station. A Cherokee woman looks at Taylor and sees a chance for her dead sister's child to escape a life of abuse and alcoholism. She hands the child over to Taylor and ... is especially kind when she takes is two special refugees, Esteven and Esperanza. Esteven and Esperanza become two of Taylor's best friends, and she eventually returns them the the Cherokee nation at the end of the novel. Also, Mattie becomes a mentor to Taylor and helps her along throughout her new advent
- 18: The Bean Trees
- ... her name. (Taylor is the name she adopts when she runs out of gas in Taylorville, Illinois.) When her steering fails somewhere in central Oklahoma, in country owned by the Cherokee nation, she stops for repairs at a roadside service station. A Cherokee woman looks at Taylor and sees a chance for her dead sister's child to escape a life of abuse and alcoholism. She hands the child over to Taylor and ... is especially kind when she takes is two special refugees, Esteven and Esperanza. Esteven and Esperanza become two of Taylor's best friends, and she eventually returns them the the Cherokee nation at the end of the novel. Also, Mattie becomes a mentor to Taylor and helps her along throughout her new advent
- 19: Indian Removal Act
- ... it wanted the Indians to leave, and not conform. The US government was quick, behind its powerful Executive, to turn an eye. In 1832 militia regiments from Georgia went onto Cherokee lands and imprisoned 4 missionaries whom they later released upon them swearing oath to the state of Georgia. Later, the same militia imprisoned 10 missionaries and sentenced them to four years hard labor. Their case (based on a treaty with the Cherokee years prior) was appealed to the US Supreme Court where John Marshall upheld their case (see Worcester v. Georgia). The state of Georgia never released them from imprisonment and Jackson never intervened. The government also turned a blind eye when dealing with treaties that were previously agreed to with the Indians. In 1791 the Cherokee nation acknowledged themselves to be under the protection of the United States and no other sovereign, also an agreement was made that white men could not be on their ...
- 20: Jacksonian Democracy
- ... travel to a new assigned territory. Many did not even make it to their destination. Sickness, and murders took the lives of countless individuals. In 1828, Georgia declared the esstablished Cherokee Tribal Council illegal, and assumed power over the Cherokee. Siding with the Indians, the U.S. Supreme Court declared the established Cherokee Nation legal. Jacksonians refused to recognize the Court’s decisions, which infringed on the power of the Court, and violated the rights of Native Americans. When South Carolina passed ...
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