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Who was president when Native Americans were forced to move west to Mississippi?
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Why did president Jackson support a policy of moving native Americans west of the Mississippi river?
he believed that the government had the power to tell native Americans where they could live
Which president forced native Americans west?
Andrew Jackson
President Jackson forced Native Americans to move where?
to federal land west of the Mississippi , mostly to Arkansas. Other forced migration which happened after Jackson left office moved Indians into Oklahoma.
What impact did pioneers moving to the Ohio Valley have on the native Americans that already lived their in the Seventies?
The Native Americans were forced to move west of the Mississippi River.
President Thomas Jefferson was intent on destroying native Americans to open up land for white settlers?
In 1830, President Jackson convinced Congress to pass legislation that forced Native Americans to relocate west of the Mississippi and opened up about 100 million acres of land for white settlers.
What did Andrew Jackson institute that forced the Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River?
the Indian Removal Act
What happened to the Native Americans when the Europeans arrived?
When the Europeans arrived, thousands of Native Americans died of smallpox. Not only that, but Europeans slaughtered thousands of Natives under the order of President Andrew Jackson. The surviving Native Americans were forced on to reservations.
Led to American acquisiton of the West up to the Mississippi River?
its called "forced relocation and genocide" after we killed the native americans... retard!
What act stated that Native Americans had to more west of the Mississippi?
The Indian Removal Act did not state that the Indian Had to go west of the Mississippi. The Act actually gave the President the right to negotiate with the tribes their removal to west of the mississippi. The tribes would first have to agree to this. Jackson broke this law and forced the removal of several tribes.
Where did the US force the native Americans to live?
The US forced Native Americans to live on reservations.
The American president most associated with the forced removal of the Southeastern Indians was?
Andrew Jackson. He signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which authorized the forced removal of Native American tribes, primarily the Cherokee, from their ancestral lands in the Southeast to territories west of the Mississippi River. This resulted in the Trail of Tears, a tragic and deadly journey for many Native Americans.
Why did native Americans fight Americans forces in the northwest territory?
the native Americans were forced west and just wanted to protect there land.
