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How did the Indian Removal Act impact the Native American Population

of the Southeast United States?

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The Removal Act paved the way for the forced expulsion of tens of thousands of American Indians from their land into the West in an event widely known as the "Trail of Tears," a forced resettlement of the Indian population.
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