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The Indian Removal Act was to give the president permission to move the tribes off their land.
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The Cherokee nation was forced to give up their lands .
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The Civil War was a fight over the moral issue of slavery.
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Amnesty for all crimes committed against the United States prior to the treaties.
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Men and Women rushed to claim homesteads or to purchase lots in one of the many new towns that sprang into existence overnight.
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Authorized the President to break up reservation land.
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The U.S aimed at decreasing federal control of American Indian affairs and increasing Indian self government and responsibility.