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The Indian Removal Act
Give permission for the President to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. -
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Indian Timeline
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The Trail of Tears
In the 1830s, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, which forcibly removed thousands of American Indians from their homelands in the southeastern United States. They were relocated to an area of land then known as Indian Territory, now the state of Oklahoma -
The Civil War
The Civil War was fought over the moral issue of slavery. -
The Reconstruction Treaties
The Southern Treaty Commission was created by Congress to write new treaties with the Tribes that sided with the Confederacy. -
The Dawes Act
The law authorized the President to break up reservation land, which was held in common by the members of a tribe, into small allotments to be parceled out to individuals. -
The Oklahoma Land Rush
The only suitable people, regardless of race were accepted to enter and claim a house surrounded by land. -
The Indian Reorganization Act
The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 gave to people. Provided funding for education on reservations, allowed the secretary of the interior to buy new lands for reservations and gave native tribes more ability for governance.