Indian Removal policy of the United States

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The Indian Removal policy of the United States was a 19th-century federal strategy that forcibly displaced Native American nations from their ancestral homelands in the East to territories west of the Mississippi River, leading to widespread suffering and events such as the Trail of Tears.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal policy
forced relocation policy
government policy
affectedGroup Cherokee Nation (historical)
surface form: Cherokee Nation

Chickasaw Nation
Choctaw Nation
Creek (Muscogee) Nation
Seminole
numerous smaller Native American nations
appliesTo Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern United States
Native American nations
constitutionalIssue federal versus state authority over Indian affairs
continuedUnderPresident Martin Van Buren
country United States of America
surface form: United States
criticizedBy Christian missionaries
abolitionists and humanitarians
some members of the U.S. Congress
destinationRegion Indian Territory
lands west of the Mississippi River
goal opening eastern lands to white settlement
relocation of Native American nations west of the Mississippi River
historicalAssessment viewed as a grave injustice against Native Americans
widely regarded as an act of ethnic cleansing
ideologicalJustification United States territorial expansion
surface form: Manifest Destiny

white settler expansionism
initiatedUnderPresident Andrew Jackson
keyEvent Creek War of 1836
Second Seminole War
Trail of Tears
legalBasis Indian Removal policy of the United States self-linksurface differs
surface form: Indian Removal Act of 1830
longTermConsequence creation of reservations in the West
lasting trauma in Native American communities
major demographic changes in the American South
precedent for later U.S. Indian policies
majorLegislation Indian Removal policy of the United States self-linksurface differs
surface form: Indian Removal Act of 1830
method coercive diplomacy
military force
treaty-making
relatedCourtCase Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
Worcester v. Georgia
result Trail of Tears
expansion of plantation slavery in the Southeast
forced displacement of Native American nations
loss of ancestral homelands for Native nations
mass death among removed Native Americans
startPeriod 1820s
timePeriod 19th century

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Lower Creeks affectedBy Indian Removal policy of the United States
this entity surface form: Indian Removal policies
Loyal Shawnee hasHistoricalExperience Indian Removal policy of the United States
this entity surface form: Indian Removal era
Koasati people affectedBy Indian Removal policy of the United States
this entity surface form: Indian Removal policies of the United States
Hitchiti people forcedMigration Indian Removal policy of the United States
this entity surface form: Indian Removal era
Treaty of Buffalo Creek relatedTo Indian Removal policy of the United States
this entity surface form: Indian Removal Act
Potawatomi Trail of Death cause Indian Removal policy of the United States