Many problems with the Indians began after the United States acquired Florida through treaty with the Spanish in 1821. Even though there were problems prior to this, the treaty itself complicated matters. President Monroe was bowing to demands for opening up lands for western settlers and then, the next president, Andrew Jackson enacted follow-up policies which attempted to remove all Indians to regions west of the Mississippi river. Between 1853 and 1856, 52 treaties were signed, most of them with Indians who lived west of the Mississippi, resulting in addition of 174 million acres to the nation at the cost of the Indians.15Mark for ReviewABCWhich of the following statements best sums up the writer's assumption that the treaty with Spain in 1821 complicated matters concerning problems with the Indians?AAlthough there were pre-existing problems with the Indians, the treaty made things worse.BPolicies to open up land for settlement and remove Indians came thick and fast after this treaty.CAcquiring Florida created problems for the Indians living west of the Mississippi.DPresident Monroe bowed to demands for opening land for settlement of westerners.

In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, which aimed to do which of the following? A. establish a reservation system that would keep Native Americans in the Southeast B. force Native American tribes to move west of the Mississippi River C. establish a system of forcing Native Americans to give up their cultural beliefs D. force the Cherokee living in Georgia to move onto reservations

The political and cultural relationship between Native Americans and American whites prior to the 1820s can best be described asMultiple choice question.close, since the two cultures had achieved unity following the defeat of Spanish forces in Florida.nonexistent, since both sides had avoided interaction or cooperation.relatively harmonious, as postrevolutionary treaties removed most points of contention.ambivalent, given that significant blending of cultures had occurred in an atmosphere of lingering mutual distrust.

The Louisiana Purchase was important to the United States because it--Responsessecured control of the Mississippi River.secured control of the Mississippi River.removed the Spanish from North America.removed the Spanish from North America.expanded the nation's boundary to the Pacific Ocean.expanded the nation's boundary to the Pacific Ocean.closed the western territories of slavery.

“Session after session, their table had been piled up with Indian treaties, for which the appropriations has been voted as a matter of course, without examination. Advantage had been taken of the spirit of the Indians, broken by the war which ended in the treaty of Greenville [1795]. Under the ascendancy then acquired over them, they had been pent up by subsequent treaties into nooks, straightened in their quarters by a blind cupidity seeking to extinguish their title to immense wilderness, for which (possessing, as we do already, more land than we can sell or use) we shall not have occasion for half a century to come. It was our own thirst for territory, our own want of moderation, that had driven these sons of nature to desperation.”

What argument did Andrew Jackson use to persuade people that the Indian Removal Act was a good decision?A.American Indians will be allowed to practice their own culture and live the way they want.B.American Indians have become very ill by being exposed to the diseases of white settlers.C.American Indians are not happy living in the United States and want to go to a new land.D.American Indians were on this land first and should be allowed to remain if they want to.