HIS271Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Indian Removal Act, Manifest Destiny, Southern Democrats
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Territorial expansion and the origins of the civil war. After the louisiana purchase, the us continues seeking for more ways to expand across the continent. The transcontinental treaty, 1819: gives america access to a chunk of land, sharing the rest of the continent with spain. The presence of natives: jefferson plans to hook the natives through trade and then either assimilate them or move them away. If they aren"t removed they will become extinct. Designate what is now oklahoma to be the new home of all. Cherokee nation decide to sue for their land and the supreme. Court recognizes their land and themselves as a sovereign nation, therefore georgia cannot evict them. Jackson thumbed his nose at this and encouraged georgia to continue: treaty of echota, 1835. 3 main parts to manifest destiny: 1. A belief on the part of americans that they have a providentially or historically proven right to expansionism: 2.
