2007-01-01 17:37:35 · 8 answers · asked by what ever ? 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
the saddest and most disturbing events in America's so called manifest destiny. " One fourth of the Cherokees perished as they were first herded into stockades
Origins Of Manifest Destiny
The original use of the term "Manifest Destiny", first used publically in a New York newspaper editorial in the 1800's, revealed a desire "to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions." This was tied up with notions of "God's will", and imperial assertions of the "White Man's Burden" kind.
Mining And Genocide
Manifest Destiny ideology shaped both public attitudes and government policy, and was constantly updated to suit whatever economic opportunities were available on Native land. For example, the discovery of gold in Georgia led to a barrage of Manifest Destiny propaganda calling for removal of Native peoples from the area. So in 1830 the U.S. Congress passed the "Indian Removal Act", and thus began the dispossession of the Cherokee people. This was legitimised under the Treaty of New Echota, which was signed by President Andrew. The result of this act was the Trail of Tears where Native Americans walked from Georgia to Oklahoma under very harsh conditions. Over 4,000 lives were lost on that forced march.
2007-01-01 17:45:35 · answer #1 · answered by iroc 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-06 22:11:16 · answer #2 · answered by Diane 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Manifest Destiny
2007-01-01 17:41:53 · answer #3 · answered by Miss_Eliza_Bennet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Manifest Destiny....The Trail Of tears was a result of that and a way to carry it out....
2007-01-01 18:30:43 · answer #4 · answered by kveldulf_gondlir 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Manifestation Miracle Live Your Dreams!
2016-07-13 07:10:46 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the indian removal act was signed by pres jackson in 1831 and led to the trail of tears in the late 1830s. thousands of cherokees died along the way to the great american desert.
john l. o'sullivan coined the term "manifest destiny in the early 1840s to denote that it was the americans God-given right to occupy the entire american continent from sea to sea.
2007-01-02 04:58:36 · answer #6 · answered by Lee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Manifest Destiny set the mind set of the Europeans that they were
" destined by GOD " to take over the country to do what they deemed proper development " with no regard to those Indigenous People who were in their way. this mind set caused the removal and relocation of The People causing tragic consequences as history relates.
2007-01-02 00:06:31 · answer #7 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually...
"manifest destiny" is a term used in the monroe doctrine, or basicaly what pres. monroe felt the nation should do. therefore, they kicked the native americans in the south and forced them to march.
what happened, was that the "americans" wanted the natives off their land. so did the president. technically, it was illegal though. so the natives went to court, lost in the local courts, took it to the supreme courts, and won. but the president (in control of the military) was like "pff..." and used force to kick them off their lands. he also promised food, wagons, protection, and medicine that was never delivered. its a sad and shameful story.
2007-01-01 17:48:52 · answer #8 · answered by cppdungeon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They wouldn't own casino's
2007-01-02 03:39:46 · answer #9 · answered by peg42857 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋