HIS-200 Module Three Writing Plan Progress 3-2
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Leon Cleveland
HIS-200: Applied History
Southern New Hampshire University
November 2, 2023
Writing Plan 4-3 Writing Plan Submission
For my research paper topic, I chose The Trail of Tears. Between 1830 and 1850, the US government carried out ethnic cleansing and forcible relocation of about 60,000 members of the "Five Civilized Tribes" along the Trail of Tears. After the Indian Removal Act was passed in 1830, the Seminole, Cherokee, Muscogee, Chickasaw, and Choctaw nations were forcibly relocated from their native lands in the United States to newly established territory west of the Mississippi River for no other reason than the lust for gold. I believe it has significance even today for the way Native Americans are treated and looked at. What we learn in school about the incident is by far the truth and the implications about how the government treated the Five Nations was unforgivable. I will try to shed light on an event that took place over a hundred
years ago and show how its effects still linger within its people today. My search terms are The Trail of Tears, Indian Relocation, Reservations, and
Cherokee. A great source was Riley, N. S. (2021).
The new trail of tears: How Washington is destroying American Indians
. Encounter Books. A secondary source was The Effects of Removal on American Indian Tribes, Native Americans and the Land, Nature Transformed, TeacherServe, National Humanities Center
. John J. Dwyer's "Trail of Tears and Blessings" is another secondary source. Volume 30, Issue 9, pages 32–39.8. Shapiro Library, Trail of Tears and Blessings.: Multi-Search (snhu.edu) has an evaluation of this resource. This essay was written by a Cherokee Indian who is a professor at Oklahoma City's Southern Nazarene University. He explains the event from the viewpoint of the Cherokee people. These sources give insight and knowledge on the events and the long-term effects of those events. As I searched for my sources, I tried to find unbiased resources though firsthand knowledge seemed to be biased and rightfully so. President Andrew Jackson's speech to Congress on December 6, 1930, regarding the Indian Removal Act is one significant primary source. At the time of the event, the President himself wrote this correspondence. President
Jackson provided Congress with an update on the removal process in this document, saying, "It gives me pleasure to announce to Congress that the benevolent policy of the Government, steadily pursued for nearly thirty years, in relation to the removal of the Indians beyond the white settlements is approaching to a happy consummation." Another primary resource is, NPS.
(2021, January 26). What happened on the Trail of Tears? (U.S. National Park Service). National Parks Service. Retrieved January 16, 2022,
fromhttps://www.nps.gov/articles/000/what-happened-on-the-trail-of-
tears.htm.
Thesis: President Andrew Jackson applied brutal and selfless political intents because of his belief in Manifest Destiny. This resulted in the forced removal of thousands of Cherokee people and others by the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma in 1838, which claimed thousands of lives. This was accomplished by using the Indian Removal Act and the New Echota Treaty. My research question is, how has the events of the Trail of Tears affected the Native American community today?
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NPS. (2021, January 26). What happened on the Trail of Tears? (U.S. National Park Service). National Parks Service. Retrieved January 16, 2022, fromhttps://www.nps.gov/articles/000/what-happened-on-the-trail-of-
tears.htm.
Riley, N. S. (2021).
The new trail of tears: How Washington is destroying American Indians
. Encounter Books
Dwyer, J. J. (2014). Trail of Tears and Blessings, Shapiro Library. Volume 30, Issue 9, pages 32–39.8. Kidwell, S. C. (2010). The Effects on Removal of Indian Tribes, National Humanities Center Org.
The Effects of Removal on American Indian Tribes, Native Americans and the Land, Nature Transformed, TeacherServe, National Humanities Center