Question

What argument did Andrew Jackson use to persuade people that the Indian Removal Act was a good decision?

A. Giving American Indians more money will make them happier.
B. Punishing American Indians will show them that white settlers are in charge.
C. Removing American Indians will allow white settlers to become wealthier.
D. Forcing American Indians to remain where they are will make them unhappy.

Answer 1

Answer: C. Removing American Indians will allow white settlers to become wealthier.

Explanation: He declared that they were still barbarians and that trying to understand them has been a failure because the government often slaughtered its own policies or they failed. This is why it was acceptable to exclude them from their territories since they were still savages according to him, and the rest of what resembled the Native Americans in history.