The combined effect of the Indian Removal Act and the Trial of Tears was:
A.) Most Native Americans from the Southeast were forced to give up their lands.
Explanation:
To understand this, we need to analyze the situation and options. The Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears were events in which the Native Americans that lived in east Mississippi to the west of the river. Because they found gold and there was a fight of interests. Therefore, the native Americans took the conflict to congress and the congress failed in their favor. However, they were escorted to leave their lands eventually. more than 30% of them died due to this situation and it occurred east Mississippi river. So a) option is the correct answer. The rest are weak or don't have enough arguments.
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