Organize the Evidence for Thinking Through Sources 10

Document Links:

Document 10.1 ANDREW JACKSON, Second Annual Message (1830)

Document 10.2 Petition of the Women’s Councils to the Cherokee National Council (1831)

Document 10.3 JOHN MARSHALL, Majority Opinion, Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831)

Document 10.4 Andrew Jackson as the Great Father (c. 1835)

Document 10.5 JOHN ROSS, On the Treaty of New Echota (1836)

Organize the Evidence for Thinking Through Sources 10

The following exercises provide an opportunity to use the sources collectively to respond to a guiding question.

Guiding Question: How did the United States government respond when the process of western expansion in the 1830s revived the potential for conflicts between white settlers and the Indians, and what impact did its responses have on Native Americans’ legal status and experiences?

Instructions

Below are three topics that might find a place in organizing an essay responding to the guiding question. This exercise asks you to identify which sources would provide relevant evidence for that topic. Select the best answers for each question. Choose ALL that apply. Click the “submit” button for each question to turn in your work.

Question 10.16

1. Which of the sources provide specific evidence about how the United States government responded to white settlers’ demands for more land on the western frontier? Choose ALL that apply.

R6Xlb9MAHXF7O4A0MNT1YQ== Document 10.1: Andrew Jackson, Second Annual Message
kcVtUDKfaIWTKrqEI7di7A== Document 10.2: Petition of the Women’s Councils to the Cherokee National Council
R6Xlb9MAHXF7O4A0MNT1YQ== Document 10.3: John Marshall, Majority Opinion, Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
R6Xlb9MAHXF7O4A0MNT1YQ== Document 10.4: Andrew Jackson as the Great Father
R6Xlb9MAHXF7O4A0MNT1YQ== Document 10.5: John Ross, On the Treaty of New Echota
Correct: Document 10.1: President Jackson argues here that it was important to remove the Indians so that white settlers could move onto their land. Document 10.3: Chief Justice John Marshall issues the Supreme Court’s decision on the question of Indians’ rights. Document 10.4: The image comments on President Jackson’s treatment of Native Americans. Document 10.5: John Ross describes some of the U.S. government’s unethical and underhanded methods for gaining access to Indian land for white settlers.
Incorrect: Document 10.2: The petition represents the views of Cherokee women who petitioned their government in an effort to prevent it from ceding land to the United States.

Question 10.17

2. Which of these documents provides specific evidence about how Native Americans understood their rights and status as inhabitants of the United States in the 1830s? Choose ALL that apply.

kcVtUDKfaIWTKrqEI7di7A== Document 10.1: Andrew Jackson, Second Annual Message
R6Xlb9MAHXF7O4A0MNT1YQ== Document 10.2: Petition of the Women’s Councils to the Cherokee National Council
kcVtUDKfaIWTKrqEI7di7A== Document 10.3: John Marshall, Majority Opinion, Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
kcVtUDKfaIWTKrqEI7di7A== Document 10.4: Andrew Jackson as the Great Father
R6Xlb9MAHXF7O4A0MNT1YQ== Document 10.5: John Ross, On the Treaty of New Echota
Correct: Document 10.2: The petition demonstrates how Cherokee women understood their rights and status as inhabitants of the United States. Document 10.5: John Ross’s appeal demonstrates the ways that he and other Cherokees understood their rights and status as inhabitants of the United States.
Incorrect: Document 10.1: Jackson providesthe perspectives of a white man and a representative of the U.S. government. Document 10.3: John Marshall’s opinion provides the all-white U.S. Supreme Court’s understanding of Indians’ rights. Document 10.4: The cartoon provides a white cartoonist’s view on Indians’ rights.

Question 10.18

3. Which of the following documents provide specific evidence about how the process of western expansion in the 1830s affected Native Americans’ lives? Choose ALL that apply.

kcVtUDKfaIWTKrqEI7di7A== Document 10.1: Andrew Jackson, Second Annual Message
R6Xlb9MAHXF7O4A0MNT1YQ== Document 10.2: Petition of the Women’s Councils to the Cherokee National Council
kcVtUDKfaIWTKrqEI7di7A== Document 10.3: John Marshall, Majority Opinion, Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
kcVtUDKfaIWTKrqEI7di7A== Document 10.4: Andrew Jackson as the Great Father
R6Xlb9MAHXF7O4A0MNT1YQ== Document 10.5: John Ross, On the Treaty of New Echota
Correct: Document 10.2: The Cherokee women here respond to the threat posed to them by the prospect of Indian removal. Document 10.5: John Ross describes the impact of federal policy intended to deprive Indians of their land.
Incorrect: Document 10.1: Andrew Jackson describes his plans for Indian removal but does not provide evidence about how that plan actually affected Native Americans. Document 10.3: John Marshall summarizes the Supreme Court’s findings about Native Americans’ rights in the United States, but he does not provide evidence about how western expansion affected Indians’ daily lives. Document 10.4: The cartoon criticizes Jackson’s policies but does not provide specific evidence about how western expansion changed Indians’ daily lives.

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