While andrew jackson was president, american indians were forced to walk long distances in harsh conditions to land the government had set aside for them. which cause or effect statement is true about this time?

a. conflicts between european americans and american indians arose because jackson was a hero of the common people.

b. the trail of tears marked the first significant hostile exchange between european americans and american indians.

c. jackson appointed his friends to the bureau of indian affairs, and it was those friends who passed the indian removal act.

d. a series of conflicts between european americans and american indians led to this situation, and more such conflicts would follow

There had been conflicts between whites and Native Americans since the first white settlers arrived in North America. But in the early 1800s, the issue had come down to white settlers encroaching on Indian lands in the southern United States.

Five Indian tribes were located on land that would be highly sought for settlement, especially as it was prime land for the cultivation of cotton. The tribes on the land were the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole.

Over time the tribes in the south tended to adopt white ways such as taking up farming in the tradition of white settlers and in some cases even buying and owning African American slaves.

These efforts at assimilation led to the tribes becoming known as the “Five Civilized Tribes.” Yet taking up the ways of the white settlers did not mean the Indians would be able to keep their lands.

In fact, settlers hungry for land were actually dismayed to see Indians, contrary to all the propaganda about them being savages, adopt the farming practices of the white Americans.