Question

Read the passage below. Then answer the question that follows using information and evidence from the text.

May 28, 1830

Chapter CXLVIII

An Act to provide for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of the states or territories, and for their removal west of the river Mississippi.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall and may be lawful for the President of the United States to cause so much of any territory belonging to the United States, west of the river Mississippi, not included in any state or organized territory, and to which the Indian title has been extinguished, as he may judge necessary, to be divided into a suitable number of districts, for the reception of such tribes or nations of Indians as may choose to exchange the lands where they now reside, and remove there; and to cause each of said districts to be so described by natural or artificial marks, as to be easily distinguished from every other ...

What does the phrase Indian title has been extinguished describe in the context of the document?

Land the Native Americans had been granted

Land that was taken away from Native Americans

Land that was not valuable to the Native Americans

Land that had been organized by the government

Answer 1

The answer is B: Land that was taken away from Native Americans.

The phrase "Indian title has been extinguished" describes the Native American's loss of their lands by the Indian Removal Act, which was signed by the president Andrew Jackson. It authorized the president to negotiate with the Native tribes their removal to federal territory, which they resisted, but were forcibly removed.

Answer 2

Land that was taken away from Native Americans is correct one hope it helps