IRA (Indian Removal Act)

What Is The Indian Removal Act? The Indian Removal act was the act that forced native Americans out of the west where the American settlers wanted to move. The Natives were forced out of the west where the Americans wanted to expand their territory westward. Some of the places that Americans wanted to move in was Georgia where the Natives were settled.

Facts about the (IRA) In 1830 congress urged on by President Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act which gave the federal government the power to relocate any native Americans in the east to territory that was west of the Mississippi river. Though the natives were to be compensated. (This was not always done fairly.) President Andrew Jackson set the tone for his position to congress on December 6 th The Indians were forced out of the west of the USA at that time and were forced to travel on a path now known as the trail of tears. It is called the trail of tears because many natives died on that trail when they were forced out of the west.

Living conditions of Americans In the U.S.A there is low poverty with very wealthy people. Some of the main jobs that pay the best are sports like Basketball, and baseball. Also the main paid non- athletic job is a doctor with about 221 thousand dollars a year. Many Americans have homes and have enough money to keep that home. The unemployment rate in the U.S is 7.3 percent. 97 percent of Americans are householders Since October there was 316,917,433 people in the United States of America. White non-Hispanics (40 percent) and American Indians and Alaska Natives (65 percent) of the suicide rate in the U.S. SUMMARY: There is low poverty in the United States of America. The unemployment rate in the United States is % of Americans own houses. There are millions of people in the United States. Suicides are very high for all the Indians and natives that live in America.

Living conditions of the Natives About 22 percent of our countries 5.2 million Natives live on tribal lands. The overall percent of American Indians living below the federal poverty line is 28.2 percent. The amount of American Indians living below poverty is even higher reaching 38 to 63 percent in our service areas. There is a housing crisis in Indian country. There are 90,000 Indians currently homeless in India. The average life expectancy for Native Americans has improved but still trails behind regular Americans by 5 years total. Heart disease is the leading death for American Indians. 82 % of native Americans are more likely to die from suicide. 500 % of Indians are more likely to die from tuberculosis Tuberculosis is a bacterial disease characterized by the growth of nodules in the tissues (Except the lungs.) SUMMARY: The Natives have a very harsh environment these days because of the Indian removal act. They are committing suicide and are dying from diseases like Tuberculosis. They are very un-wealthy and are treated very badly.

Main Question: Was the Indian removal act justified? Why? Due to the facts about the living conditions of Americans and Natives I think the Indian Removal act was not justified because the Natives are being treated very badly and the Americans are very fortunate. The Indian removal act was made to punish the natives and the Natives didn’t deserve it so That is why I think the Indian removal act was not justified. Even if it means we are not here today, it would have been the right thing to do!

Biased or Not? The info. That we got was biased because it was made for people who want you to help the Indians by saying that you should feel sorry for them and they show all the information that says that the Indians are not living a good life because of the Indian Removal Act. The facts that we found about the Americans were showing that the Americans are living a good life because of the Indian Removal Act and how we got more land because of it.

BIBLIOGRAPHY Secondary Sources Charities, N. R. (20013). Native American Living Conditions. Native American Aid. DarrenKamp, A. (2013). History Matters. Native American committee. Primary Sources Kansas Historical Society. (2011, February). Retrieved 10 17, 2013, removal-act/16714

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