Read the passage Primary Sources: Andrew Jackson's Letter to the Cherokee. Then answer the questions below.
Read the passage Primary Sources: Andrew Jackson's Letter to the Cherokee. Then answer the questions below.
What type of source is this?
Which historical questions is this source MOST helpful in answering? Select two correct answers
Drag the quotes into the correct box based on whether they reflect a problem Jackson identifies or a solution he suggests.
“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.”
“You cannot survive in your present residence. Every year will increase your difficulties.”
“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.”
“Your people will get schools, agricultural instruments, domestic animals, and help from Christians who will teach you and support your orphans.”
Problems, according to Jackson
Solutions, according to Jackson