User talk:169.233.53.60

April 2018
Hello, I'm SemiHypercube. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Indian Removal Act have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help Desk. Thanks. SemiHypercube (talk) 21:10, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
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Response: Sorry I do not know the correct way of responding; however, it does not appear you undid my edit, but restored another user's vandalism back to my edit. I also stand by the edit that Jackson was not President in 1838, if you meant to undo my edit. Colloquially the Trail of Tears is understood to be the forcible relocation of the Cherokee event that began in May 1838; however, the general time period of 1830-1850 is was a period of general forced Indian removal. The edit I actually undid implied that Jackson was sitting president and (personally) forcibly relocated the Cherokee in May 1838. The edit in question:

"However, the Cherokee were unsuccessful in their attempt to keep their land and were eventually forcibly removed by President Andrew Jackson (Democrat) in a march to the west that later became known as the Trail of Tears."

Since the event occurred in 1838 and Jackson ended his second term March 4th 1837, this sentence is highly misleading (It is extra unfortunate that this might also be due to common theme among some who, wishing to push a simplistic false narrative and over vilify Jackson, revision of a series of complex events). I am not a Jackson apologist and the article does a good job explaining what Jackson factually did and his involvement, but this sentence was tweaked to be patently false. --169.233.53.60 (talk) 00:35, 11 April 2018 (UTC)