[A speedy removal] will relieve the whole State of Mississippi and the western part of Alabama of Indian occupancy, and enable those States to advance rapidly in population, wealth, and power. It will separate the Indians from immediate contact with settlements of whites; free them from the power of the States; enable them to pursue happiness in their own way and under their own rude institutions; will [slow down] the progress of decay, which is lessening their numbers, and perhaps cause them gradually, under the protection of the Government and through the influence of good counsels, to cast off their savage habits and become an interesting, civilized, and Christian community. –President Andrew Jackson, 1830

Andrew Jackson believed that removing American Indians from their homes would

help white settlers only.
benefit both white settlers and the tribes.
create problems for white settlers.
harm both white settlers and the tribes.