Dr. Thomas R. Maddux

Andrew Jackson and Indian Removal

 I. Status of U.S. Indian Policy 

         A. Andrew Jackson's perspective 

         B. Post-1815 policy 	

                 1. Monroe and Calhoun: 

                    assimilation and voluntary removal 	   

                 2. Jackson and postwar settlements with 

                    Creeks, Cherokees and Choctaws in 1818 and 1820 

II. Jackson and Indian Removal 

         A. Removal policy and opposition in 1830 	

                  1. Jackson's realism and proposed benefits 	

                  2. Northeastern opposition 	

                  3. Rationale for removal in Congress 

         B. Removal in the Northwest 	

                  1. Black Hawk's War in 1832 	

                  2. War Department's pressure tactics 	

                  3. Results of removal 

         C. Removal in the Southwest 	

                  1. Choctaws and Chickasaws in Mississippi-23,000 	

                  2. Creeks and Seminoles 	

                  3. Cherokees vs. Georgia and Supreme Court 	

                  4. Cherokee division: Ridge vs. Ross 	

                  5. "Trail of Tears" in 1838 for 13,000 Cherokee 

         D. Results in the Indian territory