WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Question
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Why did the US Congress pass the Indian Removal Act?
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Because the US was getting crowded and American citizens wanted the land of the Southeast that belonged to the Indians.
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Because the US wanted to make sure that the Indians had a place to preserve their culture.
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Because the US wanted to give the Indians some free land.
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The law forced Indians off of their land.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Jackson declared that removal would “incalculably strengthen the southwestern frontier.” Clearing Alabama and Mississippi of their Indian populations, he said, would “enable those states to advance rapidly in population, wealth, and power."
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
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