After the passage of the reconstruction acts, it was "military leaders" who took charge of the governments of the former confederate states temporarily, since the entire economy and social structure of the South was in a state of turmoil.
I think that another ice age occured. It allowed people to see a different continent by lowering sea level and freezing over Berin Strait.
Lemmie double check but i think spanish one sec
As president Andrew Jackson sent them away, leading to the trail of tears to gain the land. they were better off in Indian territory because the land was then his to control.