US History › Section E · Industry and Jacksonian democracy › Topic E.6
Indian Removal
In the 1830s the United States forced tens of thousands of Native people from their homelands east of the Mississippi to land in the West. Removal was a deliberate federal policy, fought by Native nations in courts, in Congress and in war, and it cost thousands of lives.
In this topic
- A policy, not an accident
- Nations in the way of cotton
- The Indian Removal Act of 1830
- The Cherokee go to court
- Worked example: a legal victory that changed nothing
- Treaties under pressure
- The Cherokee Trail of Tears
- Worked example: two Cherokee leaders
- Counting the cost
- Removal in the North
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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