The Indian Removal Act, signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorized the President to negotiate the exchange of Native American-held land in the southeastern United States for land west of the Mississippi River. Congress passed the act after a contentious debate, the Senate 28 to 19 and the House 101 to 97. Under its authority, more than 60,000 American Indians from at least 18 tribes were forced to relocate west of the Mississippi during Jackson's presidency and that of his successor, a process known as the Trail of Tears; the first removal treaty signed under the act was the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek of September 27, 1830, under which the Choctaw ceded land in Mississippi. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Enacted Year Enacted Date Jurisdiction Enacted By21st United States Congress 1 Official CitationPublic Law 21-148; 4 Stat. 411 1 Legal StatusNever formally repealed; its provisions were executed through forced removal treaties in the 1830s and 1840s and it remains a historical statute on the books. 1 Legal Status
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The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was signed into law on May 28, 1830, by United States president Andrew Jackson.
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provided "for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of the states or territories, and for their removal west of the river Mississippi."
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The Senate passed it 28 to 19 on April 24, 1830, while the House passed it 101 to 97 on May 26, 1830
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Public Law 21-148; 4 Stat. 411
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More than 60,000 American Indians from at least 18 tribes were forced to move west of the Mississippi River
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The first removal treaty signed was the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek on September 27, 1830, in which Choctaws in Mississippi ceded land
In Group: United States Civil Rights and Indian Removal Acts, Introduction, sentence 2
The law, as described by Congress, provided "for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of the states or territories, and for their removal west of the river Mississippi".
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