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QuizMultiple Choice

Settling the West

Question 10 • FDR Government - HVS11 - FULL CREDIT COURSE

Which statement best describes the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

Answer
A
The act forcibly relocated eastern Indigenous people to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River.
B
The act forcibly removed territory from the Cherokee and auctioned it off to prospectors.
C
The act created a constitution for the five tribes that had been forcibly removed to Indian Territory.
D
The act stated that the Cherokee had signed a treaty to give up their lands.