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it was an act that the government used to take the native's land away -
the trail of tears is when after the Indian Removal Act was passed, thousands of American Indians were forced out of their land and relocated to the Indian territory. -
The Civil War was an argument between the North and the South about slavery and disagreeing about not wanting and wanting slavery to continue -
The Reconstruction Act was after The Civil War and it was the United States trying to construct its land and rebuild and clean up the mess and going back into the union -
it authorized the President to break up reservation land, which was held by a tribe member, into small individuals -
Men and women rushed to claim homesteads or to purchase lots in one of the many new towns that sprang into existence overnight. An estimated eleven thousand agricultural homesteads were claimed. There would be many hardships ahead, and many would be forced to contest others who claimed the same farm or lot. -
It aimed at decreasing federal control of American Indian increasing Indian self-government and responsibility.