To what extent was Jackson’s Indian Removal Policy a product of the emerging national spirit? Jackson passed the Indian Removal Policy in his second year as president, this Act made Jackson handle all Indian affairs. He believed that tribes must be subject to the laws of the states, not independent nations. In 1830 he secured passage of the Indian Removal Act, authorizing him to exchange western territory for tribal lands. Those Indians that did not …showed first 75 words of 299 total…

…showed last 75 words of 299 total…of removal and reorganization of the Indians won acceptance by most Americans. The president was seen as a forceful person who addressed one of the nation’s most difficult problems and solved it. Even Americans that were anxious about the fate of the Indians eventually went along with removal. The policy seemed enlightened, humane, rational, and logical. It was what Americans wanted, and the only solution to the problem was the removal of the Indians.