Foremost, due to much disagreement between the Cherokee Indians and the state of Georgia, President Andrew Jackson signed a policy past by Congress in order to remove the Indians from white settlements. In this policy, the government was allowed to bargain contracts with Native American tribes, and reimburse them for their lands. They would then relocate them west of the Mississippi and support the tribes for a year following the removal. Jackson believed the Indians were savages who meandered meaninglessly around in the wild and due to this he supported the policy. The “original inhabitants of our forests” were “incapable of self-government.” (Garraty 259) However, many sources feel as though land greed was a large motive for the gov

Both the Indian Removal Act and the Relocation Act have many similarities and many differences. For instance, both actions are an example of segregation towards a race of people in America. The first were the Indians in the 1830’s who were segregated from the rest of the population, taken from their homes and sent west of the Mississippi. The second were the Japanese during World War II who were removed from their homes and sent to internment camps in the central states. In both cases, people were removed from their home and community and relocated to a foreign place. Though the Indians were given something for their land, the Japanese received nothing for their loses. Finally, though for different things, in both situations the authority had something to gain. For instance, the white settlers gained the Indians fertile land excellent for cotton, and in California, the fruit and vegetable market lost their largest competitors.

In conclusion, the actions of the US Government with regard to the expulsion of Indian tribes east of the Mississippi during the 1830’s and the actions of the Federal Government toward the Japanese-Americans in California during World War II hold many similarities and many differences, as stated above. Both actions demonstrat

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