Indian Removal Act Pros And Cons

There were many different, but key moral and legal arguments in the discussion for the Indian Removal Act. The goal of this act was to allow the United States access to the lands East of the Mississippi river. There were many different reasons why Congress decided to pass this act, however the primary reason was because the Indians were sitting on large reserves of untouched riches and minerals. This act, however, went against the law, and was highly immoral because it was taking over lands which did not belong to the United States, and involved kicking the Indians out of their home, forcing them to move West of the Mississippi river. To start, there were many different moral arguments in regards to the Removal Act. During this time period, America was in a state of constant expansion. This required the young country to get more and more land. Instead of growing cities on the land they already owned, they continued to push to take the entire continent. Normally, this would not have been …show more content…
The act of forcefully removing Indians from their homes can easily be compared to Nazi Germany removing innocent families from their homes after taking the territories they lived in order to forcefully expand their claim. The act of this is incredibly immoral, even if it is all done through politics. It is incredibly immoral to believe that because the United States is a civilized country if we are going to run around stealing the land of other individuals. Because the Indians had a different social structure than the United States, we as a people are not in any way, shape or form, somehow better than they are, and deserve the right to take their land. Sometimes, politics mixed with power hungry people can cause major problems for the people around us, even if it means for the ones who are not necessarily as advanced, as the United