JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
THE TRAIL OF TEARS
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Georgia
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Oklahoma
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Detailed explanation-1: -A region conceived as “the Indian country” was specified in 1825 as all the land lying west of the Mississippi. Eventually, the Indian country or the Indian Territory would encompass the present states of Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and part of Iowa.
Detailed explanation-2: -Another act, passed in 1834, created what became known as Indian Territory; it included modern-day Oklahoma.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Intercourse Act of 1834 attempted to control the removal and gave a location for the Indian lands, “that part of the United States west of the Mississippi, and not within the states of Missouri, Louisiana, or the Territory of Arkansas.”
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1907, Congress decided to admit Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory into the Union as a single state. Representatives of the two territories drafted a constitution, and on September 17, 1907, it was approved by voters of the two territories.