Which of the following statements was not a reason given by the president in support of the Indian Removal Act? (1 point) Removing Indians from eastern and southern states will make the land safe for settlers. Separating settlers from Indians will be good for the Indians. Paying the Indians to move makes their relocation fair. Sending the Indians westward will maintain English as the country's primary language.
Sending the Indians westward will maintain English as the country's primary language.
How did Chief Senachwine respond to the Indian Removal Act? He started a war between his Potawatomi tribe and the settlers. He reminded his Potawatomi tribe that more buffalo live in the West. He stated that moving westward was the fate of his Potawatomi tribe. He prayed that the Great Spirit would restore the groves, streams, and prairies for his Potawatomi tribe.
He stated that moving westward was the fate of his Potawatomi tribe.
"We are overwhelmed! Our hearts are sickened; our utterance is paralyzed, when we reflect on the condition in which we are placed, by the...practices of unprincipled men..." Chief John Ross, Cherokee, 1836 What is the main idea of this passage? We are so devastated when we think about what the government has imposed on the Cherokee tribe, we can hardly speak. The settlers have paralyzed too many Cherokees in battle for us to fight the passage of the Indian Removal Act. We are amazed that so many Cherokee have died from disease. The Cherokee tribe will follow the Indian Removal Act.
We are so devastated when we think about what the government has imposed on the Cherokee tribe, we can hardly speak.
