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Indian removal act
the Indian removal act authorized the president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands. This was basically the reason indians were being removed from their homelands -
Trail of Tears
Congress had passed the Indian removal act which removed thousands of indians from their homelands. They were relocated to an area of land known as Indian territory which is now Oklahoma. This event is referred to as the Trail of Tears -
The Dawes Act