Relocation

Definition

The act of moving or transferring people or groups from one place to another, often under government authority or in response to specific circumstances.

Related terms

Indian Removal Act: A law signed by President Andrew Jackson in 1830 that authorized the removal of Native American tribes living in the southeastern United States to lands west of the Mississippi River.

Chinese Exclusion Act: A U.S. federal law passed in 1882 that prohibited immigration by Chinese laborers and limited Chinese-American citizens' rights.

Trail of Tears: The forced removals of Native American tribes from their ancestral lands in the southeastern United States to areas west of the Mississippi River during the 1830s.