Indians should be ‘removed’ to the Indian Territory-Jackson
1. What specific points does Jackson make about why the Indians should be ‘removed’ to the Indian Territory (Oklahoma)? What points do the Indians make as to why they should not be so removed? 2. What laws/Supreme Court cases were important in the messages of either Jackson (or Marshall). What does John Ross say about the Treaty of Holston? How were these same laws and Supreme Court decisions used by the Indians to support their arguments? What was Worcester v. Georgia?
3. In what ways are the arguments of Jackson reflective of racial prejudice? 4. Why were the Cherokee considered among the ‘civilized’ tribes?