Indian Removal Act: Quick Facts

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Thematic map of the Indian Frontier in 1841, highlighting in pink the regions west of the Mississippi River where various Native American tribes were relocated. Labeled tribes include Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Shawnee, Delaware, Osage, Sauk and Fox, Ottawa, and others, with surrounding territories and neighboring states also marked.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act Nürnberg Laws Dawes General Allotment Act Embargo Act Wagner Act Volstead Act Hatch Act Pendleton Civil Service Act Taft–Hartley Act Indian Reorganization Act