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OpenStudy (kat_here2learn):

Giving a medal to who helps :) An Act to provide for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of the states or territories, and for their removal west of the river Mississippi.

OpenStudy (kat_here2learn):

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall and may be lawful for the President of the United States to cause so much of any territory belonging to the United States, west of the river Mississippi, not included in any state or organized territory, and to which the Indian title has been extinguished, as he may judge necessary, to be divided into a suitable number of districts, for the reception of such tribes or nations of Indians as may choose to exchange the lands where they now reside, and remove there; and to cause each of said districts to be so described by natural or artificial marks, as to be easily distinguished from every other

OpenStudy (kat_here2learn):

Explain what this document tells you about life in the United States during the early 1800s.

ILovePuppiesLol (ilovepuppieslol):

what is the question xD

ILovePuppiesLol (ilovepuppieslol):

oh got it

ILovePuppiesLol (ilovepuppieslol):

i think it is saying that during the 1800s, many indian tribes were being pressured to leave their land, due to more and more settlers going there, this will eventually cause the indians to revolt against us. It was a period of unrest and cruelty towards the indigenous people

ILovePuppiesLol (ilovepuppieslol):

does that make sense?

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