Question

What gave the president authority to grant Eastern American Indian tribes the unsettled lands west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their ancestral lands in the East? A) Indian Removal Act B) Trail of Tears C) Treaty of the Five Civilized Tribes D) Treaty of Canandaigua

Answer 1

U.S. President Andrew Jackson oversaw the policy of "Indian removal," which was formalized by the signing of the Indian Removal Act in May 1830.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Indian Removal Act was put in place to give to the southern states the land that belonged to the Native Americans.