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The Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was started by President Andrew Jackson signing this act into law, which led to President Jackson having the authority to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. This Act had a major effect on thousands of Native men, women, and children almost half of them dead on the difficult walk to a strange new land, and had also affected their loss of their cultural identity. -
The Trail Of Tears
The Trail of Tears began when Congress approved the Indian Removal Act which forced thousands of Native Americans from their homeland. The Native Americans were then relocated to an area of land known as indian territory, which today is known as the state of Oklahoma. -
The Civil War
The cause of the Civil War was due to the moral issue of slavery alongside other reasons for this event occurring. This War affected one-third of all Cherokees and Seminoles in indian territory who died from violence, starvation, and war-related illness. -
The Reconstruction Treaties
The Reconstruction Treaties started when the first United States soldiers arrived in slaveholding territories and enslaved people escaped from the plantation and farm. This affected the Natives by taking apart the tribal government and communal landholding practices while forcing cultural assimilation. -
The Dawes Act
The Dawes Act was said to be meant for an attempt to assimilate the Native tribes into American culture, this Bill was proposed by Henry Dawes because he believed that it would bring an end to violence. This act affected over ninety million tribal lands that were stripped away from Native Americans and sold to non-natives. -
The Indian Reorganization Act
The indian Reorganization happened because of the decrease in federal control of American Indian affairs and the increase in Indian self-government and responsibility. This Act granted new degrees of independence to Native Americans in the United States, giving the Natives a greater control over their lands and allowing them to form a legally recognizable tribal government.