How responsible was Andrew Jackson for the Trail of Tears?

He was a main proponent of the forcible removal of American Indians via what became known as the "trail of tears". He wasn't the only one, but other policies were also being proposed. read more

Andrew Jackson began the whole “indian removal” process by passing the Indian Removal Act of 1830, but it was actually Martin Van Buren who ordered the actual journey know as the “Trail of Tears”. read more

Andrew Jackson had long been an advocate of what he called “Indian removal.” As an Army general, he had spent years leading brutal campaigns against the Creeks in Georgia and Alabama and the Seminoles in Florida–campaigns that resulted in the transfer of hundreds of thousands of acres of land from Indian nations to white farmers. read more