Which of the following best explains why Native Americans were forced from their homes in the Southeast?

Question

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• Slaveholders wanted Native Americans to work their plantations.
• Abolitionists wanted fairer treatment for Native Americans.
• Financiers wanted new sites for a national bank.
• Expansionists wanted to settle the land.

Answer 1

The best explanation for why Native Americans were forced from their homes in the Southeast is:

• Expansionists wanted to settle the land.

This reflects the motivations behind policies such as the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which sought to clear Native American territories for the expansion of settlements and agriculture by American settlers.