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Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act, was an act on which President Andrew Jackson had the Native Americans moved off of their land and sent westward into Oklahoma. -
Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was a long and strenuous route of over 5,000 miles on which Native Americans had to take when forced off of their homelands and into Oklahoma territory. It was named the Trail of Tears due to the pain and suffering of many Native Americans in these inhuman conditions. -
Dawes Act
The Dawes Act was an act where the US Government divided up Native American land, to further assimilate them, and set up the very 'American' idea of everybody owning their own land, and forced the Natives to no longer share their land among each other. -
Indian Reorganization Act
The Indian Reorganization Act was after everything the United States had forced them to endure, and was a step towards the right direction, but not nearly enough to forgive such huge things like social genocide.