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The Trails Of Tears
Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, which forcibly removed thousands of American Indians from their homelands in the southeastern United States. -
The Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson allowing the U.S. government to remove the Native Americans from their eastern homelands and force them to move west of the Mississippi River. Many tribes signed treaties and agreed to voluntary removal. -
The civil war
A civil war is a violent conflict between opposing groups within a country that becomes so intense that it appears like a war. Due to the violent conflict between both these groups thousands of people of both the communities have been killed. -
The Dawes Act
Dawes Act was to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream US society by annihilating their cultural and social traditions.Because of this, the Dawes Act, over ninety million acres of tribal land were stripped from Native Americans and sold to non-natives. -
The Oklahoma Landrush
The Oklahoma Landrush was a rush for a run into unassigned lands that were formally the Indian territory. -
The Reconstruction Treaties
The Reconstruction Treaties were, provisions addressing the status and rights of freed slaves and persons of African descent residing among the Five Tribes. -
The Indian Reorganization Act
The Indian Reorganization Act was used to prevent further loss of land and improve the standard of living of Native Americans.