Andrew Jackson, who was the seventh president of the United States, signed the Indian Removal Act on May 28, 1832 and this policy granted Andrew Jackson the right to forcibly move Native Americans to land west of the Mississippi. Although “any explanation of Jackson's goals is presumed to be an attempt to justify the mass killing of innocent people…” (Remini, 45) some would say that his childhood influenced him; seeing and hearing Indians attacking places near his home. Or how he was the second president to enter the business world without an education. Some people thought that the discovery of gold in Georgia led many new white settlers to try to purchase land from the Cherokee Indians. While much could be said about the policy of removing Andrew Jackson, one thing is certain: the way the policy was implemented was horrific. If you could only imagine with your heart and soul how this policy was implemented, then you could see how terribly the Indians were treated. All because they occupied land that had been given to them in a treaty. Politics has affected many people, some in a positive way; some in poor condition. Of course the only people this policy positively affected were the white settlers trying to purchase the Indians' land. The Chickasaw Indians were the only tribe not to have land in the New Territory even though it was promised to them. They sold their land for $500,000 to the US government and when they showed up and had no land they decided to lease it from Choctaws. Purchasing land from the other tribe created a trust fund that gave the Chickasaw Indians up to $75,000 per year, and thus allowed them to have a cash economy and not rely on the natural environment (Kidwell). The unfortunate situation in this whole...... half of the document ......med, TeacherServe, National Humanities Center. National Center for Humanity. February 19, 2014. Langguth, A. J. Driven West: Andrew Jackson and the Trail of Tears to the Civil War. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010. 106+.Potter, Woodburne. The War in Florida. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1966. 14+.Satz, Ronald N., Robert Vincent Remini, and Anthony F. C. Wallace. "Primary Documents in American History." Indian Removal Act: Primary Documents of American History (Virtual Programs and Services, Library of Congress). The Library of Congress. February 18, 2014. Smith, William. Expedition against the Ohio Indians. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1966. Iii+.Spencer, Oliver M. Indian Captivity. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1966. 58+.