This is true. He had an overwhelming support of the African-American population and did support African-Americans in his cabinet and administration. He is known for making Andrew Young, an African-American, a United States ambassador in the United Nations.
Many whites wanted Indian land, and knew it would be easier to gain if the Indian tribes disappeared. With that statement appeared the Dawes Act, also known as the General Allotment Act, in February 1887. A scheme was soon developed for Indians that would allow individual Indians to own land for private use, and the Indians would be converted into capitalists.
Both the British and French wanted to extend their North American colonies into the land west aka the ohio territory
