- Indian Removal initiated under Jackson
When Andrew Jackson became a president in 1829, 125,000 Native Americans still lived east of the Mississippi River. 60,000 of Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Indians held millions of acres in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. The most crucial political issues at that time were if all of these Indians would be allowed to stop the expansion of white man and if the U.S. government would tolerate the previous treaties with Indians. - Faith and Life
Article discusses the role of faith in the life of people and its meaning to society.
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