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Indian Removal Act
An act passed by President Andrew Jackson to remove the Native Americans in the southeastern United States to federal land in Oklahoma. -
"Ten Potawatomi Chiefs"
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Trail of Tears
Forcible removal of almost 16,000 Cherokees from Gergia after refusing to leave their land. -
Discovery of gold in California
This discovery precipitates the California gold rush, causing many Americans to move westward. This sudden expansion tramples over Indian land across the country. -
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Extermination of Buffalo Herds
Sports and hide hunters targeted the buffalo populations of North America, severely hurting the food source of Plains Indians and their ability to survive. -
"Indian Encampment
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Grattan Massacre
30 U.S. soldiers killed in retaliation of the shooting of a Sioux chief. The first event of the First Sioux War. -
Start of the Apache Wars
Central conflict of Arizona and New Mexico for twenty five years. -
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American Civil War
War in U.S. history when the North fought the South, dividing the country in half. However, this conflict took the nation's main focus off of the Native American population. -
Homestead Act
Passed by Congress, it allowed non-Indians to purchase Indian land and started a migration of non-Indians West to Indian land. -
"The Old Arrow Maker"
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Growing Railroad Industry
The increased use of railroads caused more tracks to be laid down over North America, cutting into Indian lands. In addition, the use of railroads made it easier to hunt buffalo, increasing the level of buffalo killings.
