The speech by Andrew Jackson justifies the forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia. This act was part of a broader policy known as Indian Removal, which aimed to relocate Native American tribes from their ancestral lands to designated territories west of the Mississippi River. Jackson's arguments in the speech reflect the rationale used to support this policy, suggesting that it was necessary for the survival of Native Americans.
Read the following paraphrase of a speech by Andrew Jackson in 1830:
Can it be that the savage has a stronger attachment to his home than the settled, civilized Christian? Is it worse for him to leave the graves of his fathers than it is to our brothers and children? The policy of the General Government toward the red man is not only liberal, but generous. He will not submit to the laws of the States and mingle with us. To save him from annihilation, the General Government kindly offers him a new home.
Which action by the U.S. government did this speech justify?
Forced assimilation of the Seminoles in Florida
Forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia
Settlers breaking treaties in the Indian Territory
Settlers paying Native Americans for land rights
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