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The Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act is when they kicked out Indians out of their land and for exchange they gave them land west of the Mississippi River. -
The Trail of tears
The trail of tears is the trail Indians walked due to being forced by the government. It's called the trails of tears because they suffered a lot in that trail. -
The Civil War
The battle between the Union and the Confederacy. The reason the fought was for slaves. -
The Reconstruction treaty
The freedom of 7,000 black slaves. Putting and end to slavery. -
The Dawes Act
This allowed reservations of lands for white settlers. The land that they were using were the lands of Indians -
The Oklahoma Land Rush
This was when land was restricted but open to the people who arrived first. -
The Indian Recognition Act
The Indian Recognition Act helped Indians to get some sort of freedom. Even though they had some of the freedom they wanted or needed it still wasn't enough. The government still had some control over them