JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON
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Question
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All American Indians living in the U.S. must resettle in Mexico or Canada.
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All American Indians living in the northeastern U.S. must resettle in the southeastern U.S.
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All American Indians living in the southeastern U.S. must resettle west of the Mississippi River.
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All American Indians living west of the Mississippi River must resettle in the southeastern U.S.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Introduction. The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy.
Detailed explanation-2: -The goal was to remove all American Indians living in existing states and territories and send them to unsettled land in the west.
Detailed explanation-3: -The act authorized the president to grant Indian tribes unsettled western prairie land in exchange for their desirable territories within state borders (especially in the Southeast), from which the tribes would be removed.
Detailed explanation-4: -More than 46, 000 Native Americans were forced-sometimes by the U.S. military-to abandon their homes and relocate to “Indian Territory” that eventually became the state of Oklahoma. More than 4, 000 died on the journey-of disease, starvation, and exposure to extreme weather.
Detailed explanation-5: -Congress passed the law in 1830. Because Congress wanted to make more land in the Southeast available to white settlers, the law required Native Americans living east of the Mississippi River to move west of it.