The trail of tears was a bloody and horrible event in American history. The man behind the Trail of Tears was Andrew Jackson. Jackson was born and raised in the state of Tennessee. While growing up he was taught to hate Indians and he was pretty much a racist against them. In his two terms, Jackson used the powers as president very unfairly. By doing this, Jackson found away to get rid of the Indians. Jackson enacted the Indian Re

In 1830 the Indians were battling it out in the Supreme Court. A new law was passed that said Cherokees would be under state law instead of federal law. This allowed them no protection at all. They had no way to protect themselves or their land with this change. They tried to fight this change but the Indians were told they could not sue because they were not a nation outside the United States so the Cherokees lost their case. They were eventually ruled a “domestic dependant nation.” This would allow them to be able to receive federal protection. Jackson overruled this decision because he claimed he had more power than anybody and he could basically do what ever he wanted which explains how he abuses his power as president.

In the late 1830’s, the Indian tribes of the east were leaving one after the other. The first of the tribes to leave and head west were the Choctaw tribe. Right after the Choctaws headed west, the Chickasaws made the journey and were finally past the Mississippi river about three years later. By 1838 the Creeks and the Cherokees became the last tribes in the southeast to be forced off their land, mostly by the military and held the Indians at gunpoint. They were ordered to leave quickly so they could only grab what they could get their hands on and were not allowed to bring certain items with them.

I really found no biases in the book. It seems that Wallace does not take any sides in the book but does explain how Andrew Jackson was not the Cherokees favorite president or how Andrew Jackson even cared for and of the Indians. If he had to pick on side and write about it, I would guess he would favor the Indians, only because of the way Jackson had them treated and forced off their land.

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