it was known as the "Trail of Tears". Throughout Jackson's two terms as President, Jackson used his power unjustly. As a man from the Frontier State of Tennessee
boost to become one of the richest men on the Western Frontier. Due to his vast holdings, and his leadership on this new state called "Tennessee", Andrew Jackson
called the "Indian Removal Act" through both houses of Congress. It gave the president power to negotiate removal treaties with Indian tribes living east of the Mississippi.
them to make the journey acrossland. This proved not to be the answer as thousands more died of starvation,illness, and the elements as the US Army marched them across
of Indians, economic, social, and gender inequality) ? Jackson believed in forceful presidential leadership, and the supremacy of the Federal government over the
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enthusiastically received by Andrew Jackson at a reception for the Diplomatic Corps. Houston also was somewhat of a writer. His first newspaper column was written
next campaign turned nasty. He lost his congressional seat in 1831 but won it again in 1833. He told his constituents that if he was reelected, " they would go to