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What was Andrew Jackson trying to gain in his message to Congress "On Indian Removal"?A.Respect for the American IndiansB.Sympathy for American IndiansC.Trust as an expert on American IndiansD.Justification for the Indian Removal Act

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What was Andrew Jackson trying to gain in his message to Congress "On Indian Removal"?A.Respect for the American IndiansB.Sympathy for American IndiansC.Trust as an expert on American IndiansD.Justification for the Indian Removal Act

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Andrew Jackson, in his message to Congress "On Indian Removal," was trying to gain D. Justification for the Indian Removal Act.

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  1. Andrew Jackson was the 7th President of the United States from 1829 to 1837.

  2. During his presidency, he advocated for a policy known as Indian Removal, which involved the forced displacement of Native American nations from their ancestral homelands in the southeastern United States to an area west of the Mississippi River that had been designated as 'Indian Territory'.

  3. His message to Congress "On Indian Removal" was a part of this policy. In this message, he argued that the removal of the Native American nations was necessary for the progress and security of the United States.

  4. He did not aim to gain respect, sympathy, or trust as an expert on American Indians. Instead, his goal was to justify the Indian Removal Act, which was passed by Congress in 1830 and gave the federal government the power to exchange Native-held land in the cotton kingdom east of the Mississippi for land to the west, in the 'Indian colonization zone' that the United States had acquired as a result of the Louisiana Purchase.

  5. Therefore, the correct answer is D. Justification for the Indian Removal Act.

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