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The Indian removal act
The Indian Removal Act was passed by Andrew Jackson. This act was made to relocate the natives to new land so that white settlers could take theirs. But the act caused an event known as The Trail of Tear that had many deaths to the native population. -
The Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was an event that happened because of the Indian removal act. Many Native tribes were forced to relocate to Midwest lands. While the white settlers told their land. Many Native died from the Trail of Tears due to the cold, lack of food and disease. -
The Civil War
5 tribes sided with the confederacy because they support slavery which they wanted. But because the confederacy lost to the union, many problems rise to the natives. They lost land and had conflict with the union. But if the natives had sided with the union, they may have had a different impact -
The Reconstruction Treaties
The Reconstruction was a treaty signed by Native territory to abolish slavery. But they had to give up west of their land. But loss of land meant having to deal with white settlers and other tribes. Two railroads were built across their land. Which also allowed cattlemen to run heard through their land. -
The Dawes Act
The Dawes act was a plan to divide the natives land into individual lands and encourage framing. But this act caused natives to lose much of their land and loss of community bonds with one another. The natives also lost their traditions and what control of lands they had. The white settlers used the natives land for the land rush. -
The Oklahoma Land Rush
The Indian land was taken and put up for settlement by the whites. The land was put up for cheap. It was kind of like a game. They would get a group of men in a line and whoever ran to the land first got to clam the land -
The Indian Reorganization Act
The Indian Reorganization Act was the plan made by white settlers to make Indians civilized. The white settlers wanted natives land but they were already living there so whites decided to make natives more like them. And some natives did learn their way but some didn´t so white settlers said that they would never be able to be civil and so they needed to leave.