Discuss the attitudes, policies and events that led to the trail of tears indian removal in 1837

In 1830  the Indian Removal Act was aproved, which consisted in the relocation of indians from their lands to the west. It was proposed to the Congress by the President Andrew Jackson due to the expansion of U. S. settlement. Indian Nations were independent of State jurisdictions and within its borders. Federal States pressured to expropiete indian lands to expand settlement.  After the aproval of the Indian Removal Act, treaties began to be made with the indian nations, exchanging their land for lands in the west or/and payments. There were many confrontations and wars between the indians and the U.S. military forces. The indians who decided to stay were harrased, involved in legal conflicts and intimidated. By 1837, after several treaties, wars and conflicts, 46000 native americans were relocated and 25 million acres were open for settlement. In the way to their new home, indians suffered diseases, starvation and exposure and thousands of them died in the journey. This is what is known as the Trail of Tears.

the assassination of president lincoln was just one part of a larger plot to decapitate the federal government of the u.s. after the civil war. the first reaction to lincoln’s death was disbelief. then it quickly changed to grief. abraham lincoln’s death created an outpouring of grief from citizens in both the north and the south.

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lincoln was the first u.s. president to be assassinated. president abraham lincoln, america’s civil war leader, was assassinated just five days after confederate general robert e. lee surrendered his army at appomattox court house, ending the four-year war between the states. on the evening of april 14, 1865, lincoln was attending a performance of our american cousin at ford’s theatre in washington, d.c. john wilkes booth – a 26-year old actor, confederate sympathizer, and white supremacist – slipped into the presidential box and shot lincoln in the head. john wilkes booth and his conspirators had initially planned to kidnap lincoln to save the confederate states. but as the confederacy faltered, booth’s thoughts turned to murder. booth may have decided to act on his hatred after lincoln endorsed giving the right to vote to african-american men who had served in the union army.