![]() The schools attempt to remove and Native cultural traits, even going as far to try to make them look like white settlers. As for the Natives that tried to assimilate to the culture, their children were sent to boarding schools. The Natives were forcefully removed from their land and were sent to the designated places for the Natives however the supplies promised were never given to them, so many died from disease as well as starvation, an estimated 100,000 of them died throughout forced migration. The Trail of Tears is one of the historically forced migrations during the time of Manifest Destiny. In efforts to remove the Native Americans off their land, the United States fought battles, signed treaties and used force migration. In return for the land, the United States gave them small pieces of land, reservations, and agreed to supply them with food and money and clothing for these tribes to survive but these expectations were never met, and thousands of Native Americans started to die. In 1830, Andrew Jackson inforced the Indian Removal Act which forced Native Americans to migrate away from the land of their ancestors or to assimilate to American culture. The white settlers also found the Native culture as inferior and believed they had outdated traditions. To these white settlers, these Indian tribes were standing in the way of progress and America’s Manifest Destiny (SAAM Manifest Destiny and Indian removal pdf). As the settlers started moving westward, they started to promote some concern of the Natives that were living in the west. ![]() In 1803 the United States bought land from France, stemming from the Mississippi River to the Rockey Mountains, also known as the Louisiana Purchase. ![]() The term was also used to rationalize the removal of American Indians from their native homelands(SAAM-Manifest Destiny and Indian removal pdf). Manifest Destiny was a term used from 1812-1860 and was a belief of United States settlers that they were ‘destined’ to move across North America. Manifest Destiny was an excuse to take land away from areas that already were occupied, therefore, Manifest destiny does not justify the treatment of Native Americans because manipulated Native Americans and broke treaties, they killed thousands of innocent people, and they forced Native Americans to assimilate to the culture of the settlers. Some believe that Manifest Destiny does not justify the treatment of these Native American tribes, while others think that Manifest Destiny justifies the acts of the settlers because it helped to make the United States a very powerful country. Manifest Destiny was a term essentially used to justify any actions done during the western expansion under the name of God. For Native American tribes such as the Cherokee, Dakota, Chickasaw, and many others, this was the reality their culture faced, because of the belief of Manifest Destiny. Imagine being forced out of a place that you and your ancestors had considered home for thousands of years, having promises broken, being forced to act like the people taking your culture away from you, or being forced on to the smallest fractions of land with little resources to go around.
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