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The Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was to give the president permission to move the tribes off their land. -
The Trail Of Tears
The Cherokee nation was forced to give up their lands . -
The Civil War
The Civil War was a fight over the moral issue of slavery. -
The Reconstruction Treaties
Amnesty for all crimes committed against the United States prior to the treaties. -
The Oklahoma Land Rush
Men and Women rushed to claim homesteads or to purchase lots in one of the many new towns that sprang into existence overnight. -
The Dawes
Authorized the President to break up reservation land. -
The Indian Reorganization Act
The U.S aimed at decreasing federal control of American Indian affairs and increasing Indian self government and responsibility.