Andrew Jackson’s Policy Against The Native Americans

Andrew Jackson’s main goal was to remove the “savages” which were the Natives and to posses the valuable lands that the Indians owned. Jackson’s goal was to remove the overwhelmingly large majority of Indians who were located east of Mississippi to the reservations that were created just for the Indians west of Mississippi. Some tribes such as Sauk and the Fox Indians fought back against the move under the leadership of Black Hawk, but the brutal white military stopped them. Tribes such as the Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw who were referred to as “civilized tribes” decided not to fight back. These tribes agreed to move westward. This movement was known as the Trails of Tears because thousands of Native Americans perished in this harsh, long, and terrible journey. Andrew Jackson’s policy of removal clearly succeeded in that they were able to claim much of the valuable lands and removed the “savages,” but not without the struggles and losses the Indians needed to endure.