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Which was a major source of controversy for President Andrew Jackson?

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The Indian Removal Act and the Trial of Tears were major sources of controversy for President Andrew Jackson.

President Andrew Jackson signed into law The Indian Removal Act on May 28, 1830. The law was an autorization for the president to negotiate with southern Native American tribes to remove them to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for white settlement of their ancestral lands.

Trail of Tears is the name provided to the difficult journey that Native Americans made after being forced to leave their homelands and walk thousands of miles to a specially designated “Indian territory,” in order to enable white settlers to grow cotton on the Indians’ land.

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The answer is "The Indian Removal Act and the Trial of Tears."


Indian Removal Act refers to a demonstration or act passed by Andrew Jackson, constraining Native Americans in the Southeast to move to Oklahoma. This is one of the real sources of controversy including Andrew Jackson.

Trail of Tears is the name for the route removed Native Americans went up against their approach to Oklahoma. Nicknamed this because of the starvation, cool, and sickness that thousands experienced.

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