The Indian Removal Act

By Mark Stewart

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Territorial expansion, History, Indian Removal, 1813-1903, United States, Land tenure, Indians of north america, government relations, Government policy, Politics and government, Juvenile Nonfiction, Relations with Indians, Nonfiction, Relocation, Forced migration, United states, politics and government, United states, territorial expansion, Race relations, Jefferson, thomas, 1743-1826, Government relations, Indians of North America, United states, race relations

Description: When the United States won its freedom from Great Britain, colonies became states, subjects became citizens, and the nation's leaders faced a complex question: How did the native people of the United States fit into this new picture? Government leaders concluded that they did not. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 sparked intense moral and political debate, led to the near-destruction of five powerful Southeastern tribes, and exposed the widening gap between the young country's ideals and its actions.