num_pages: 160
description: The Hill and Wang Critical Issues Series: concise, affordable works on pivotal topics in American history, society, and politics.This account of Congress's Indian Removal Act of 1830 focuses on the plight of the Indians of the Southeast--Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminoles--who were forced to leave their ancestral lands and relocate to what is now the state of Oklahoma. Revealing Andrew Jackson's central role in the government's policies, Wallace examines the racist attitudes toward Native Americans that led to their removal and, ultimately, their tragic fate.
language: English
title: The Long, Bitter Trail: Andrew Jackson and the Indians
titlecomplete: The Long, Bitter Trail: Andrew Jackson and the Indians (Hill and Wang Critical Issues)
characters: Andrew Jackson
genres: History, American History, Historical, War, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Native American History, School
ratings_count: 190
series: Critical Issue
publisher: Hill and Wang