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The election of Andrew Jackson in 1828 marked a significant shift in U.S. policy towards Native Americans, culminating in the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Jackson's belief in westward expansion and the idea of Manifest Destiny led to the forced relocation of thousands of Native Americans from their ancestral lands, particularly in the Southeast, to designated territories west of the Mississippi River. This policy resulted in the tragic Trail of Tears, where many Native Americans suffered from disease, starvation, and death during their forced migration. Jackson's presidency thus solidified a legacy of dispossession and suffering for Indigenous peoples in the United States.

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