jan 1, 1830 - Indian Removal Act

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Who: Jackson, Congress, Southern civilized tribes.
What: Money to relocate tribes by force if necessary.
When: 1830.
Where: Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida --> Oklahoma.
Why: Native Americans who assimilated were not free from this, Andrew Jackson ignores 2 supreme court cases that said Cherokees were "domestic dependent nations." Trail of Tears.

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