Passed in 1830, authorized Andrew Jackson to negotiate land-exchange treaties with tribes living east of the Mississippi (targeted Georgia). The treaties enacted under this act's provisions paved the way for the reluctant—and often forcible—emigration of tens of thousands of American Indians to the West.<span>Nullification Crisis</span>
Spain did not immediately realize that the New World was in fact a new continent. Columbus himself died without ever knowing that the land he had arrived to was not India.
However, when Spain realized that this land was completely undiscovered, they decided to explore it. This was motivated by several reasons. On the one hand, they were curious to see what the territory was like. On the other hand, they were also motivated by the possibility of owning such a vast territory and the resources located in it. Finally, they were motivated by the idea of turning the Native American people they encountered into Christians, thus achieving their salvation.
The caste system was the dominant social system of "India," since it had pre-modern roots in this area and helped build a system of social stratification, which was altered by British rule.
<span>The correct answer is the Homestead Act
of 1862. </span>
The Homestead Act provided free plots
of land to people that were willing to build and farm on the land. This
resulted in more than 270 million acres which comprise about 10 percent of U.S
land being given free
