Question

What was the impact of the Indian Removal policy discussed by Andrew Jackson?

Answer 1

The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy

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Answer 2

The thousands of Native American deaths along the "Trail of Tears."

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Jackson believed the Five Civilized Tribes blocked westward expansion. Congress then passed the Indian Removal Act in 1830 which removed the Five Civilized Tribes from their ancestral lands and homes in the Southeast to land in the west, now known as Oklahoma. The military was used to force Native Americans off their land and the march was called the Trail of Tears due to the large number of Native Americans that died during this transition.