This unit covers the removal of Native American
tribes to Indian Territory. Today, we judge the
methods used by the US government harshly,
believing that the forced relocation of these tribes
was wrong. Some historians believe that using
present-day ideas about right and wrong to judge
the past makes it more difficult to understand
history. This idea is known as presentism.
What do you think? Do you agree that the values
of today can't be compared with the values from
another era? Or do you think that what is right and
wrong today still applies to the actions of people
in history?