A. It passed the Indian Removal Act
Om May 28, 1830, the American president signed the Indian Removal Act after which the U.S. troops forcefully expelled the Cherokee Indians from their ancestral home land. The main reason behind it was to take control of the fertile land which was very favorable for the plowing of cotton because the growing trend of agricultural market of cotton in the South-East. Not to forget, discovery of gold was another major reason for relocating the Cherokee Indians along with the racial prejudice that white people had fostered against the Indian people.