Why did Jackson want to push Indians further west?

Answer 1

Jackson removed them for a couple of reasons: economic change and racism (though this is my opinion).

He wanted them off the land for economic reasons, so he could sell it to pioneers and fill the federal treasury. He also knew that there was gold and other valuable minerals and resources on their lands, and he wanted that. In addition, the country was expanding rapidly and they needed the land for people to live on. Of course, they could have moved around it, but this was much more convenient.

My opinion is that Andrew Jackson was racist. We are lucky he wasn't born later, or he probably would have been on the confederate side of the civil war. He regarded Native Americans as animals, or worse than animals. He didn't think about the moral ramifications of kicking them off their land because he never thought there were any.

-Haley

Sources- Ms. Geer's class

Answer 2

Andrew wanted the Indians to move west because he didn't think that they were like Americans. ex:the way they dress, eat, look, sound.He also thought that the Indians and the Cherokees were just a subject to the Congress and other important stuff.

Answer 3

He didn't want to help move the Cherokee. He refused to help move them west. The federal government forced the Cherokee to move west of the Mississippi River so Americans can settle and civilize Georgia.

Answer 4

Because he was a strong proponent of expansion and manifest destiny for "white people." Indians were seen as a counter force for this vision of this emerging country.