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The Indian Relocation Act of 1956 (Public Law 929) was a federal law designed to encourage reservations Indians to leave their reservations and move to American cities. It is not connected to the Removal Act of 1830.
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What called for the relocation of five Indian tribes to an area west of the Mississippi River called Indian Territory?
The Indian Removal Act
The Indian removal act provided for the relocation of American Indian tribes east of the mississippinriver to Indian territory in present day?
Oklahoma.
Who forced the relocation of the Indians?
Andrew Jackson proposed the Indian removal act, forcing the Indians the relocate. The relocation is called the Trail of Tears.
Five tribes Indian relocation act of 1830?
Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole Tribes
What was another name for the forced relocation of the Cherokee people under the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
the trail of tears
Why was Andrew Jackson a bad person?
Andrew Jackson's bad reputation is his support for the Indian Removal Act. The Indian Removal Act was the proposed relocation of "the Five Civilized Tribes" of native Americans to present day Oklahoma. This relocation was calledThe Trail of Tears, on this forced relocation, of the 15,000 native Americans relocated 4,000 died of starvation, hunger, and disease. This relocation was highly supported by the southern states, and by Jackson being from Tennessee he strongly supported this relocation. Jackson's administration took a lot of criticism for this as a result. The Trail of Tears is often considered "one of the saddest chapters in American history.
What is removal and resettlement?
Removal and Resettlement is, well Removal is like relocation just like the Indian Removal Act of 1830, land greed was getting out of control with the Indians so they were forced to relocate by the government. Resettlement is also like relocation, the Indians found a new location to settle into.
What encouraged American Indians to move into urban areas?
The relocation act
What was the relocation act of 1956?
the act they used 2 move Indians to urban places so they can be train for jobs
Who Encouraged American Indians to move into urban areas?
The Relocation Act.The Indian Relocation Act of 1956 (also known as Public Law 959 or the Adult Vocational Training Program) was a United States law intended to encourage Native Americans in the United States to leave Indian reservations, acquire vocational skills, and assimilate into the general population. Part of the Indian termination policy of that era, it played a significant role in increasing the population of urban Indians in succeeding decades
Which act did congress pass to force the relocation of native Americans?
The Indian Removal Act. As people began to move west they wanted the Native American lands, so the act made it official that the tribes were to be removed. From the very moment of the first colony the European settlers did their best to kill, remove, or displace the Native tribes from their lands. The government made treaties they broke and they forcibly removed people to reservations. The Union army would go into a sleeping village early in the morning and kill men, women, and children. The government policy was a " good Indian was a dead one" and they would do anything to accomplish this task. Read Black Elk Speaks or Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee for further understanding of the genocide that was committed.
What act moved native Americans west of the Mississippi river?
Indian Removal Act
