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Bookmark or Share- Indian Removal (article) | Khan AcademyOverview. US President Andrew Jackson oversaw the policy of "Indian removal," which was formalized when he signed the Indian Removal Act in May 1830. The Indian Removal Act authorized a series of migrations that became known as the Trail of Tears. This was devastating to Native Americans, their culture, and their way of life.
- Indian Removal Act - National Geographic SocietyMay 28, 1830 CE: Indian Removal Act. On May 28, 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, beginning the forced relocation of thousands of Native Americans in what became known as the Trail of Tears. Grades. 5 - 11. Subjects. Geography, Human Geography, Social Studies, U.S. History. Image. Trail of Tears.
- Indian Removal Act (1830) | Constitution CenterSummary. Signed into law on May 28, 1830, by United States President Andrew Jackson, the Removal Act authorized the president to negotiate with Native American tribes for federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders.
- Trail of Tears: Definition, Date & Cherokee Nation | HISTORYThe Trail of Tears was the deadly route used by Native Americans when forced off their ancestral lands and into Oklahoma by the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
- Indian Removal Act | Definition, History, Significance, & FactsIndian Removal Act, (May 28, 1830), first major legislative departure from the U.S. policy of officially respecting the legal and political rights of the American Indians. The act authorized the president to grant Indian tribes unsettled western prairie land in exchange for their desirable territories within state borders (especially in the ...
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