The primary factor that contributed to the passage of the Indian Removal Act and the forced migration of American Indian people was the westward expansion of the United States. This expansion created a strong desire among settlers for land, leading to increased pressure on the federal government to relocate Native American tribes to facilitate this growth. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was enacted to provide for the removal of Native tribes from their ancestral lands in the southeastern United States to designated territories west of the Mississippi River.
Review the map below. What contributed to the passage of the Indian Removal Act and the forced migration of the American Indian people?
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The ongoing conflict of the United States and Mexico
As a result of the Dust Bowl
The westward expansion of the United States
The executive authority established under George Washington
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