The correct answers are B) many American Indians rejected the authority of the leaders who signed treaties that required them to move to reservations, C) white settlers wanted more of the land that was reserved for American Indians, and D) living in a defined area was an unfamiliar concept to many American Indians.
The reasons that caused the breakdown of the reservation system were: many American Indians rejected the authority of the leaders who signed treaties that required them to move to reservations, white settlers wanted more of the land that was reserved for American Indians, and living in a defined area was an unfamiliar concept to many American Indians.
President Jackson signed into law the Indian Removal Act on May 20, 1830. He wanted Indians to leave from their actual territories to be sent to reservations west the Mississippi. But the act was doomed from the beginning. Displaced Native American tribes did not receive the support the government promised to them and the problems began. Among the reasons that caused the breakdown of the reservation system were: many American Indians rejected the authority of the leaders who signed treaties that required them to move to reservations, white settlers wanted more of the land that was reserved for American Indians, and living in a defined area was an unfamiliar concept to many American Indians.