Indian Removal Act

The Indian Removal Act, established by Andrew Jackson, did not meet the Preamble's demand for establishing justice; instead, it promoted sectionalism. Jackson, coming from the South, wanted to instill an agricultural society, and with this desire in mind he passed this act. It removed Native Americans from their homeland and placed them in a territory west of the Mississippi River. Doing this increased the availability of land in the South (as seen in the map), which benefited the farmers;

however, the North did not benefit, and conflicts began to emerge between Henry Clay and Andrew Jackson, the new presidential candidates (Clay from the North and Jackson from the South). Because of the resulting sectionalism, the Indian Removal Act does not establish justice.