History final

  This is another part of a final project. Please fallow the instructional rubric. I am also attaching the previous modules paper. The paper will be based on that paper but still fallow what the rubric wants. Trail of Tears Background: ‘Trail of Tears’ is an important historical event in America. The name depicts the forced relocation of Native Americans from their indigenous land in the Southeastern part of the country following Andrew Jackson’s controversial Indian Removal Act. It is one of the few historical moments present in mainstream American history record that acknowledges Native Americans and their subjugation. Native Americans were present when the first colonists arrived, aiding them to settle in the new country. The colonists would later condemn the Native Americans to the margins of American history, an act that is perhaps well represented by the Trail of Tears. The historical event is of great significance as it serves as a precursor for how government decisions can largely affect a group of people, even when such actions are done for the better good of the rest of the country. Secondary Sources: Coates (2014) offers an insightful look into the events leading to the Trail of Tears. The author also offers a concise retelling of the anguish that came to the Native American people after the Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act. McLoughlin (2014) will be the second primary source to inform the paper as the author presents not only the events surrounding the Trail of Tears but also the consequent struggle by Native Americans, more specifically the Cherokee, in their attempt to gain sovereignty from the colonists. Primary Sources: The first primary source will be the Indian Removal Act of 1830 (2011). The wording of the document will help in understanding the government and the people’s perspective at the time. Huang (2015) also contributes to the primary sources for the Trail of Tears as the author documents the journal of a Cherokee Boy who experienced the Trail of Tears. Therefore, Huang (2015) offers a firsthand experience of the Trail of Tears. Research Question The paper will attempt to find out if the government today is willing to go to such extraordinary odds in marginalizing the minority in favor of the majority. Audience: Policy makers and civil servants are the primary targets of the paper as they are instrumental in the implementation of government policies. Message:The paper will encapsulate the message in the form of an argumentative essay that demonstrates governments and the social majority should always consider the rights of the minority as well as the outcome of decisions on marginalized communities. References Act, I. R., Act, I. R., & Opinion, P. (2011). Indian Removal Act. Encyclopedia of Media and Propaganda in Wartime America, 1, 203. Coates, J. (2014). Trail of tears. ABC-CLIO. Huang, H. (2015). 12VMemory, Community, and Historicity in Joseph Bruchacxs The Journal of Jesse Smoke, a Cherokee Boy, The Trail of Tears, 1838. Twenty-First Century Perspectives on Indigenous Studies: Native North America in (Trans) Motion, 1, 217. McLoughlin, W. G. (2014). After the Trail of Tears: The Cherokees' struggle for sovereignty, 1839-1880. UNC Press Books.