Over 2,000 Native Americans were forced to relocate south.
The purpose of the Indian Removal Act was to take land and established homes from the Native people with the intent of giving the homes to the new settlers.
The Native Americans were adversely affected by the transcontinental railroad. The railroad created an influx of people that killed off the buffalo and created a food shortage for the Native Americans.
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830.[1][2]President Andrew Jackson called for an Indian Removal Act in his 1829 speech on the issue.The Removal Act was strongly supported in the South, where states were eager to gain access to lands inhabited by the Five Civilized Tribes. In particular, Georgia, the largest state at that time, was involved in a contentious jurisdictional dispute with the Cherokee nation. President Jackson hoped removal would resolve the Georgia crisis. The Indian Removal Act was also very controversial. While Native American removal was, in theory, supposed to be voluntary, in practice great pressure was put on Native American leaders to sign removal treaties.
The Indian Removal Act called for the exile of Native Americans from their ancestral lands. President Jackson supported it because he believed the Native Americans were troublesome and needed to be removed from the picture.
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The Indian Removal Act
Indian Removal Act
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The Indian Removal Act forced Native Americans away from their native homes. They were forcibly relocated, sometimes hundreds or thousands of miles away. Some died on the way and all were disenfranchised.
The Indian Removal Act forced Native Americans away from their native homes. They were forcibly relocated, sometimes hundreds or thousands of miles away. Some died on the way and all were disenfranchised.
The Indian Removal Act forced Native Americans away from their native homes. They were forcibly relocated, sometimes hundreds or thousands of miles away. Some died on the way and all were disenfranchised.
Indian removal act
Indian Removal Act
Think about the name of the act. Indian removal. That was the goal. To remove Native Americans with any means possible.
they were forced to moves to Canada
The Indian Removal Act caused much hardship and forever changed relations between whites and Native Americans