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Explain why Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act and what the long term effects were.

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Step-by-step explanation:

The act established a process whereby the president could grant land west of the Mississippi River to Indian tribes that agreed to give up their homelands

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Answer:He passed this because the president would give Indians land by the Mississippi River if they gave up their homelands.This caused many Indians to migrate away from their homelands.

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