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Indian removal act
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson, the Act established a process where the president could remove the Natives or tell them to surrender their homelands -
Trail of tears
This was when Natives were kicked out their homeland and forced to walk hundreds of miles to find a new place to stay -
The civil war
The civil war was a conflict in the United States from 1861 to 1865 between the northern states (Union)
and the southern states (Confederacy) over issues like slavery and states rights. The Natives had sided with the Confederates because they wanted to keep slavery since they had slaves of their own -
The Reconstruction treaties
The Reconstruction Treaties were agreements made after the Civil War between the U.S. government and Native American tribes, requiring tribes to give up land and abolish slavery. -
The Dawes Act
The Dawes act of 1887 aimed to divide Native American tribal lands into individual plots to encourage assimilation into American society, but it often resulted in the loss of Native lands -
The Oklahoma Land rush
The Oklahoma Land rush of 1889 was when thousands of settlers raced to claim free land in Oklahoma, which had been opened up for settlement by the U.S. government. -
The Indian Reorganization Act
The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 aimed to reverse the Dawes Acts policies, allowing Native American tribes to regain control over their lands and strengthen their self-governance.