The Indian Removal Act of 1830 stated that _______.

all East Indian immigrants were to be deported

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burial grounds would be established for Native Americans killed in conflict with federal troops

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all Native American images would be removed from public display

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all Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi River would be relocated

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all government officials of Native American ancestry would be dismissed from their posts

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The correct option is D all Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi River would be relocated
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 stated that all Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi River would be relocated. Although this act only gave the right to negotiate for their withdrawal from areas to the east of the Mississippi river and that relocation was supposed to be voluntary, all of the pressure was there to make this all but inevitable. All the tribal leaders agreed after Jackson’s landslide election victory in 1832.

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