In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, which aimed to do which of the following?

Question

A.
establish a reservation system that would keep Native Americans in the Southeast
B.
establish a system of forcing Native Americans to give up their cultural beliefs
C.
force the Cherokee living in Georgia to move onto reservations
D.
force Native American tribes to move west of the Mississippi River

Answer 1

D. force Native American tribes to move west of the Mississippi River

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 aimed to relocate Native American tribes from their ancestral lands in the Southeast to designated areas west of the Mississippi River, facilitating westward expansion and settlement by American settlers.