Indian Removal Act of 1830

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:legislation
gptkbp:associated_with 19th-century American expansionism
Andrew Jackson's presidency
U. S. government policies towards Native Americans
gptkbp:controversy human rights violations
gptkbp:cultural_impact population decline
cultural disruption
loss of ancestral lands
gptkbp:date_enacted May 28, 1830
gptkbp:enacted_by gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:governing_body Indian Territory establishment
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:Manifest_Destiny
gptkbp:historical_significance impact on U. S. history
reflection of 19th-century American values
example of U. S. federal policy towards Native Americans
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Indian Removal Act of 1830
gptkbp:influenced_by economic interests in land
racial attitudes of the time
political pressures from settlers
gptkbp:involved_countries gptkb:Cherokee
gptkb:Choctaw
gptkb:Seminole
gptkb:Chickasaw
Creek
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:Missionaries_of_Charity
abolitionists
some state governments
gptkbp:legacy historical memory of injustice
ongoing debates about indigenous rights
gptkbp:legal_issue gptkb:Cherokee_Nation_v._Georgia
gptkb:Worcester_v._Georgia
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Indian_Reorganization_Act
gptkb:Treaty_of_New_Echota
gptkb:Indian_Appropriations_Act
gptkb:Indian_Civil_Rights_Act
gptkb:Dawes_Act
gptkbp:purpose to relocate Native American tribes
gptkbp:repealed_by gptkb:none
gptkbp:resulted_in gptkb:Trail_of_Tears
forced migration
gptkbp:signed_by gptkb:Andrew_Jackson
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Andrew_Jackson
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3