What motivated Congress to enact the Indian Removal Act in 1830? A. the discovery of gold in Georgia B. the ne

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What motivated Congress to enact the Indian Removal Act in 1830?

	A.	
the discovery of gold in Georgia

	B.	
the need for cheap labor in the north

	C.	
the desire to build a port in the city of New Orleans

	D.	
the lack of available farmland in the American West

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A. The discovery of gold in Georgia (and the broader desire by white settlers to take Native lands for farms and mining) pressured Congress and southern states to push the Indian Removal Act.

What motivated Congress to enact the Indian Removal Act in 1830?

A.
the discovery of gold in Georgia

B.
the need for cheap labor in the north

C.
the desire to build a port in the city of New Orleans

D.
the lack of available farmland in the American West

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What motivated Congress to enact the Indian Removal Act in 1830? A. the discovery of gold in Georgia B. the need for cheap labor in the north C. the desire to build a port in the city of New Orleans D. the lack of available farmland in the American West

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What motivated Congress to enact the Indian Removal Act in 1830?

A.
the discovery of gold in Georgia

B.
the need for cheap labor in the north

C.
the desire to build a port in the city of New Orleans

D.
the lack of available farmland in the American West