what were the effects of the indian removal act?

Answer 1

Christians got what they wanted. Well sort of some of the Indians survived.

Answer 2

We pissed off alot of Indians is the first effect and had to kill alot of them so we could take thier land from them.

Answer 3

i took this class last semester but the file is on my desk top or i would give you my exact ansewrs.

Perhaps the most controversial aspect of Andrew Jackson's presidency was his policy regarding American Indians.[16] Jackson was a leading advocate of a policy known as "Indian Removal," signing the Indian Removal Act into law in 1830. The Act authorized the President to negotiate treaties to purchase tribal lands in the east in exchange for lands further west, outside of existing U.S. state borders.

Jackson never publicly advocated removing American Indians by force, but he devoted considerable energies to the negotiation of removal treaties. Nearly seventy Indian treaties—many of them land sales—were ratified during his presidency, the most of any administration.


Statue of Andrew Jackson in Nashville, Tennessee.While frequently frowned upon in the North, the Removal Act was popular in the South, where population growth and the discovery of gold on Cherokee land had increased pressure on tribal lands. The state of Georgia became involved in a contentious jurisdictional dispute with the Cherokees, culminating in the 1832 U.S. Supreme Court decision (Worcester v. Georgia) which ruled that Georgia could not impose its laws upon Cherokee tribal lands. Jackson is often quoted (regarding the decision) as having said, "John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it!" Whether or not he actually said it is disputed.[17]

In any case, Jackson used the Georgia crisis to pressure Cherokee leaders to sign a removal treaty. A small faction of Cherokees led by Chief John Ross negotiated the Treaty of New Echota with Jackson's administration. Ross was not a recognized leader of the Cherokee Nation, and this document was rejected by most Cherokees as illegitimate.[18] Over 15,000 Cherokee signed a petition in protest; it was ignored by the Supreme Court.[19] In 1838, 1,600 Cherokee remained on their lands. The terms of the treaty were then enforced by Jackson's successor, Martin Van Buren, who ordered 7,000 armed troops to remove them.[20] This resulted in the deaths of over 4,000 Cherokee on the "Trail of Tears."

In all, more than 45,000 American Indians were relocated to the West during Jackson's administration. During this time, the administration purchased about 100 million acres (400,000 km²) of Indian land for about $68 million and 32 million acres (130,000 km²) of western land. Jackson was criticized at the time for his role in these events, and the criticism has grown over the years. Remini characterizes the Indian Removal era as "one of the unhappiest chapters in American history."[21]

Jackson’s personal agenda heavily influenced his administration. One of the first examples was the introduction of the political spoils system. There were repeated incidences in which Jackson’s decisions seemed based on the fact that someone had challenged his authority. Jackson’s decision to send to troops to Georgia to force the Cherokee Nation off of their land was in blatant disregard for the decision of the Supreme Court regarding the Cherokee Nations right to remain in their homeland. In addition his decision to veto a bill that caused the close of the second bank of the United States. He blamed banks and credit for the panic of 1819 so he refused to allow the bank to extend its charter. Jackson claimed to represent small lenders but closing the bank would have hurt the people he claimed to represent.

Answer 4

Death, and oppression.

Answer 5

the indians got removed, duh !!!