Question

How did the Indian Removal Act of 1830 affect the Cherokee people?
A.
It allowed them to force American settlers to leave Native American land.
B.
it allowed them to take Native American children out of American schools.
C.
It forced them to flee to Canada to avoid being moved from their home in Oregon to land in Oklahoma.
D.
It forced them to move from their home in the Appalachian Mountains to land west of the Mississippi River.

Answer 1

D. It forced them to move from their home in the Appalachian Mountains to land west of the Mississippi River.

Briefly: The Indian Removal Act (1830) authorized the federal government to negotiate removal treaties, leading to the forced relocation of the Cherokee (and other tribes) to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) — the Trail of Tears, in which thousands died.