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    The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was signed into law on May 28, 1830, by United States President Andrew Jackson. The law, as described by Congress, provided...
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    many scholars have labeled a genocide. The Indian Removal Act of 1830, the key law which authorized the removal of Native tribes, was signed into law by...
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    newly designated Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River after the passage of the Indian Removal Act in 1830. The Cherokee removal in 1838 was the...
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    1828, defeating Adams in a landslide. In 1830, he signed the Indian Removal Act. This act, which has been described as ethnic cleansing, displaced tens...
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    for Indians in the territory of the present United States." The United States put forward another act when "Congress passed the Indian Removal Act in 1830"...
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    under pressure by settlers in many regions to expel Indians from their areas. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 stated the "authorizing of the President to...
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    19th-century policy of Indian removal. After the American Civil War (1861–1865), the policy of the U.S. government was one of assimilation. Indian Territory later...
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    and activist for the rights of American Indians in the United States, and a leading opponent of the Indian removal policy of the United States government...
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    justified the violent expansion westward, leading to the passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and armed clashes. The dehumanization and demonization of...
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    continued to be reduced through policies like the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and later the Dawes Act, which undermined communal landholding. A justification...
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