In 1830, Congress Instructed the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)

In 1830, Congress instructed the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) , which Congress had established in 1824 as part of the War Department, to:

A) abolish the practice of slavery among Native Americans .
B) assimilate American Indians into the American society .
C) ban Native Americans from having gambling operations .
D) remove all tribes to reservations west of the Mississippi River in order to free land east of the Mississippi for white settlement.
E) uphold the terms set in the Northwest Ordinance, passed by Congress under the Articles of Confederation in 1787 .