Activity 4: The Removal Policy

In 1830, the United States government adopted removal as its official policy.

Read the text of the Indian Removal Act of 1830

The removal policy precipitated an acrimonious debate in the Senate.

• Read the speech against removal by Maine Senator Peleg Sprague
• Read the speech in favor by Georgia Senator John Forsyth.

President Andrew Jackson defended Indian in his First, Second, and Seventh Annual Addresses.

• Read the First Annual Address (1829)
• Read the Second Annual Address (1830)
• Read the Fifth Annual Address (1833)
• Read the Sixth Annual Address (1834)

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