Indian Removal Act: This legislation signed by President Andrew Jackson in 1830 authorized the forced removal of Native American tribes from their ancestral homelands in the southeastern United States.
Trail of Tears: The Trail of Tears refers to the forced migration of several Native American tribes, particularly the Cherokee Nation, from their ancestral homelands in the southeastern United States to designated Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) between 1836 and 1840.
Indian Territory: Indian Territory was an area set aside by the U.S. government as a relocation destination for Native American tribes forcibly removed from their ancestral homelands.