The Indian Removal Act resulted in thousands of American Indians being taken from their own lands and relocated to distant reservations.

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The Indian Removal Act of 1830 authorized the U.S. government to relocate American Indians from their ancestral homelands to Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma. The forced relocation, often called the Trail of Tears, resulted in the deaths of thousands of Native Americans.

The Indian Removal Act Resulted in Thousands of American Indians