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In 1830 Congress, urged on by President Andrew Jackson, passed the Indian Removal Act which gave the federal government the power to relocate any Native Americans in the east to territory that was west of the Mississippi River.

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The Indian Removal act was passed in May 1830 by President Andrew Jackson. It gave president the power to negotiate with the southern Native American tribes and to remove them from the federal territory in the west of Mississippi river by exchanging white settlements for their ancestral lands. The act was supported by the northeastern and southern populations, natives and Whig parties opposed it. Cherokee Indians opposed the relocation but they were unsuccessful.