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Primary Sources: Andrew Jackson's Letter to the Cherokee

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Read the passage Primary Sources: Andrew Jackson's Letter to the Cherokee. Then answer the questions below.

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Read the passage Primary Sources: Andrew Jackson's Letter to the Cherokee. Then answer the questions below.

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Question 1

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What type of source is this?

open letter written to the Cherokee tribe

public speech about the Cherokee tribe

personal diary entry about the Cherokee tribe

private letter written to the chief of the Cherokee tribe

Question 2

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Which historical questions is this source MOST helpful in answering? Select two correct answers

Why did the Cherokee reject the previous offers Jackson says they received?

How did the Cherokee view the proposal that Andrew Jackson put forward?

Was Jackson's offer for monetary compensation fair, based on the value of land at the time?

How did Andrew Jackson view the relocation of the Cherokee west of the Mississippi river?

How did the U.S. government justify the forced removal of the Cherokee people?

Question 3

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Drag the quotes into the correct box based on whether they reflect a problem Jackson identifies or a solution he suggests.

“You cannot survive in your present residence. Every year will increase your difficulties.”
“If this is equally divided among all your people east of the Mississippi, estimating them at 10,000, it would give $500 to every man, woman, and child in your nation.”
“Your people will get schools, agricultural instruments, domestic animals, and help from Christians who will teach you and support your orphans.”
“Many of your people have bought little or no land and you have no personal property, so how then can you live in the country you now occupy?”
“Your young men are starting to form bad habits and are often drunk. They have strong passions they cannot control, so they will break laws which will end in their ruin.”

Problems, according to Jackson
Solutions, according to Jackson