Answer to Question 1In the year 1800, whites began moving west in large numbers. White settlers settled primarily in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois to the north, and Alabama and Mississippi to the south (Zinn). As whites expanded into the lower South, it became a problem for them as it was home to the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole Indian tribes. White settlers wanted to grow cotton and the government also thought the land would be very suitable for farming and ranching. At that time Thomas Jefferson became President of the United States and made treaties with the Chickasaw tribe guaranteeing their land (Zinn). In 1814 Andrew Jackson, a war hero, fought the battle with the Creeks known as the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. In this battle he conquered many Creek lands in Alabama and Georgia. The battle resulted in many deaths on the Creek side. The Creeks also attempted nonviolent resistance by adopting white civilization in order to live in peace. In 1814-1824 Jackson was able to negotiate treaties with many tribes in exchange for lands in the West. The tribes accepted this as a result of planned reasons so that they can keep the rest of their land and also protect themselves from the harassment of the whites. Thanks to these treaties the government was able to control three-quarters of Alabama and Florida, part of Georgia, Mississippi and North Carolina. This was the time of voluntary Indian migration, but only a small group of people moved in from the Creek, Cherokee, and Choctaw tribes. Andrew Jackson ordered the “Indian Removal Act” from which all the misery of the Indian tribe began. To survive, coexist, and resist, the five tribes also adopted the Western civilization of agriculture, keeping slaves and education... middle of paper... to be maintained between free and slave states. The Kansas-Nebraska Act added further tension as new territories had to be added and whether the new states would be free or slave. But violence occurred that led to Bleeding Kansas which became the cause of the Civil War. I think the war was necessary for slavery because slaves were treated very unfairly and were even murdered. Without the war, black slaves would not have been able to gain freedom. Many slaves lost their lives to slavery, so I think war was inevitable. Works Cited • Nabakov, Peter. Native American Testimony, A Chronicle of Indian-White Relations from Prophecy to the Present, 1492-1992. New York: Penguin Books, 1999. • Zinn, Howard. A popular history of the United States, 1492-present. New York: HarperCollins, 2003