Results,Effects,Evaluation


 * The Indian Removal Act: Effects on Native Tribes

Potawatomi: Refused to move, were forced back to Canada by the military. They were used to having a consistent diet of fish, but the reservation they were forced to live on had very very few fish.

Ottowas: 300 of 600 died due to extreme weather, disease, and lack of food. They felt as if their land and pride was being stripped away along with all of their freedom.

The idea of manifest destiny, was really just about taking away the Natives land to build across the nation. They were depriving them of their land and mainly their freedom. Most of the Americans thought their best chance to make money was in the west which greatly fueled the government in continuing.

The government didn't want anyone who wasn't a Native to be living in the Kansas Territory, except if you were a missionary. The Indians didn't feel any need to change their way of life and spiritual beliefs just because new people discovered their land. **