USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -There were four primary causes of the Indian Removal Act: the perceived failure of Native American assimilation into Anglo-American culture, continued westward expansion by American settlers, the Jackson administration’s pro-removal stance, and lingering animosity from prior conflicts.

Detailed explanation-2: -On December 29, 1835, U.S. government officials and about 500 Cherokee Indians claiming to represent their 16, 000-member tribe, met at New Echota, Georgia, and signed a treaty. The agreement led to the forced removal of Cherokees from their southeastern homelands to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson’s Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the “Trail of Tears, ” because of its devastating effects.