Andrew Jackson's Presidency
"Spoils System"
The Spoils System was when Andrew Jackson gave government based jobs to his friends and supporters. Jackson fired everyone in the office and hired random people. This system was bad for the people who already had the jobs. The system was good for democrats, because Andrew Jackson was a democrat.
"Trail of Tears"
The Trail of Tears was when the Cherokee were forced to secede from their land by Georgia. On the Trail of Tears, about half of the Cherokees died from illness and starvation. A law was called, Indian Removal Act was passed to force all of those Cherokees to another land, and the law was signed by Jackson. The reason why the Cherokee were forced to leave because the land was good for farming, and there was a gold discovery.
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was the law that was passed to remove the Indians to another land. The Removal Act was signed by Andrew Jackson. The Act was to force the Cherokee from Georgia. This law benefited the plantation owners that will move into the land.
Political Cartoon
This is a cartoon of a Cherokee Indian being strapped up and tortured. This represents Andrew Jackson and the government doing bad things to the Indians. It is also showing that the people don't care about what happens to the Cherokee. The people just want the land, and the Cherokee to leave.
Letter from Cherokee
This Indian Removal Act is crazy. There shouldn't be a law that removes a certain race from a land. We shouldn't be forced to move from our land even though we were here first. We can't fight back, because we are out gunned and out numbered.
Letter from Plantation Owner
I am so pleased at what Andrew Jackson has done to this country. He has removed the Cherokee, so us plantation owners can have more land for our slaves. This land in Georgia is nice for cotton. We are also allowed to have more slaves.