The Legacy of Andrew Jackson and Indian

Andrew Jackson’s Indian removal and Remini’s view
The author of this book, Robert V. Remini, wrote about what Andrew Jackson has done about democracy, Indian removal, and slavery. Especially, out of all the issues, Remini’s view on Andrew Jackson’s policy on Indian removal is very interesting because his view is different from what most people might think about the policy. Most people would focus on what Andrew Jackson did to Indian people to expand the U.S territory and how it was. They might think that most of what he did was brutal or cruel and Indians were victims. In this book, however, the author focuses on why Andrew Jackson had to do that and how it affected the U.S. According to the introduction of Indian removal part in this book, he says that Andrew Jackson had to do what he did and it exerted favorable influence upon the U.S. Also, he points out that Jackson’s actions that look brutal these days were normal and necessary at that time. Because Andrew Jackson was a general, he had to follow orders from the government. The orders were mostly forcing Indians to move because the interest of the public and government was to expand new and fertile (sometimes profitable) lands and they considered Indians as potential enemies. That’s why Andrew Jack had to move Indians but he tried to be nice to them by promising and acknowledging their safety and rights. Andrew Jackson let them live in their new territory, acknowledged their rights, promised protection, and even allowed them to try to negotiate with the U.S. The only time he took a tough stance on Indians was when the Indians didn’t follow rules and broke deals between the U.S and them. Andrew Jackson even tried to offer them supplies such as food, clothes, and houses.   He tried to bribe the chiefs with money to persuade to move to new land rather than attacking and killing them. The author thinks that these kinds of efforts were more humanitarian than most people think they were. Even after Andrew Jackson...