Why did the US Government want to move Indian tribes from the east to Kansa

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Why did the US Government want to move Indian tribes from the east to Kansasa
President Jackson felt that American Indians stood in the way of progress. What
kind of progress was he referring to?*
Transcribed Image Text:Hour Why did the US Government want to move Indian tribes from the east to Kansasa President Jackson felt that American Indians stood in the way of progress. What kind of progress was he referring to?*
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The United States Congress passed a Bill On May 28, 1830, which was called the Indian Removal Act. On the same day after the singing of United States President Andrew Jackson, it's become a Law. According to this Law Native, Americans were removed from their Native or ancestral lands. President Jackson grants them lands west of the Mississippi River in exchange for Indian land. Few tribes moved from the East peacefully but most tribes were ready to move from there and starts resisting the relocation policy. They openly opposed removal from their lands, as a result of a long series of battles with white settlers.  The  US government want to move Indian tribes from the east to Kansas and other areas Because with the help of this Law they were eager to expand southward and also They got good fertile land for cultivation and in the future, it becomes great land for cotton production in the south.   

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