Question

In the American West in the late 1800s, the U.S. Government moved thousands of American Indians onto land that was set aside in Oklahoma. Why did the government move the American Indians?

Answer 1

For the white settlement.

Step-by-step explanation:

The federal government remove Native Americans from their homelands and open those lands to white settlement. According to the government relocation of the Native Americans protected Indians from land-hungry whites. The Native Indians moved to the Indian Territory so that their land in the West could be used for the white settlement.