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The Indian Removal Act
The government forces Natives off their land for new settlers. -
The Trail Of Tears
The Natives were forced to travel to Indian Territory/present day Oklahoma on foot. Thousands of Natives died traveling due to poor conditions. -
The Civil War
A dispute of slaves' freedom between the Union, north, and Confederacy, south, in the United States. The Natives sided with the Confederacy to keep slaves. -
The Reconstruction Treaties
Treaty for Natives after the Civil War that abolished slavery. Natives have less control as the settlers build railroads and let cattlemen travel. -
The Dawes Act
This divided the Indian Territory into individual pieces of land for personal ownership. It was an assimilation tactic. -
The Oklahoma Land Rush
Native land that was opened for sale to new settlers in where they would run or ride to claim the land. -
The Indian Reorganization Act
A good step for the Natives to have control of themselves, but it was not enough to undo the damages of assimilation.