What gave the U.S. the power to remove the Cherokee Indians?

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Noah Wilkes
May 20, 2016

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 allowed the United States to move Native Americans from their homelands.

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The Indian Removal Act of 1830 is a law that exchanges Native American land west of the Mississippi for land within state borders. This caused mass migrations of Native Americans, including the Cherokee tribe. US soldiers escorted Cherokee people on the "Trail of Tears," on which approximately 4000 Cherokee Native Americans died.

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