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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 ...

Explain what this document tells you about life in the United States during the early 1800s. (10 points)

Answer 1

In the 1800s, America grew very fast.

In 1803, the United States bought the

Louisiana Territory from France.

From 1800 to 1860, there were

17 new states.

In the 1800s, millions of immigrants

came from other countries.

The country had two main parts—

the North and the South.

They had different cultures.

They had different economies.

There were many new problems.Africans were taken to America and sold

as slaves.

In 1860, 4 million slaves lived in the

United States.

Americans did not agree about slavery.

The North wanted to free the slaves.

The South wanted slaves to work on

plantations.

Most slaves lived in the South.

The slaves had no freedom.

They had no formal schools.

They had no right to vote.

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