"The decision of the Jackson administration to remove the Cherokee Indians to lands west of the Mississippi River in the 1830's was more a reformulation of the national policy that had been in effect since the 1790's than a change in policy."
Assess the validity of this generalization with reference to the moral, political, constitutional, and practical concerns that shaped national Indian policy between 1789 and the mid-1830's.
Can someone please explain to me what I'm suppose to be answer. My teacher tried to explain what it was asking, and I still didn't understand. Can someone please help?
Hmm, well, what was going on in the 1790s in regards to the American Indians? Once you figure that out (Um, I'd totally tell you, but I have no idea), it's probably something about the denial of their rights (Cherokee Nation vs State of Georgia, etc.) and the pressure for more land; land that the Indians had been occupying. Anyhow (the last sentence was a fragment...dang), you have to show how Jackson did or did not follow that attitude or mindset with his Indian Removal Act, and if he didn't, how it is a new policy or concept, instead of just the continuation of such (through reformulation).
Dang, that confuses me. Sorry, I'll try to clarify when it's not at an unearthly hour.