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Read the excerpt from "American Indian Civil Rights.”

One of the most sweeping blows to the American Indian community occurred in 1830 when President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act. As a result, the government negotiated with tribes to move them to land west of the Mississippi River. The government then acquired their previously inhabited land. Some tribes reluctantly went along with the act. However, many did not want to abandon their homelands.

In this excerpt, the setting

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fuels the external conflict.
creates an internal conflict.

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fuels the external conflict.

The 1830 Indian Removal Act and the forced relocation setting create a clash between the federal government and the tribes over land and sovereignty. (The line about some tribes reluctantly complying does hint at internal conflict, but the primary conflict established by the setting is external.)