Indian Removal Act
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- Ok thanks get scammed.
- Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana territory from Napoleon for 15 million. This doubled the size of America at the time.
- Louisiana Purchase
- Here's the Louisiana territory for 15 million.
- Lewis and Clark
- Clark this land is amazing its so beautiful.
- Lewis and Clark were the first people to explore Kansas. They said the land was beautiful.
- You're right this would be a great place to live.
- Zebulon Pike
- Lewis and Clark were wrong this place is awful. It's a desert.
- Zebulon Pike explored Kansas next and said that it was a desert and thought it was worthless. He wondered if the land could be cultivated.
- Stephen H Long
- Pike was right this land is awful. No way this can be cultivated.
- Stephen Long explored Kansas next and agreed with Zebulon that it was a desert. He labeled Kansas "The Great American Desert".
- Jackson's Speech
- We need to move the Indians they are savages. We are 12 million happy Americans.
- Jackson's speech was saying that the Indians needed to be moved. He said that they were savages and that moving them would help the 12 million happy Americans.
- You are getting moved whether you like it or not.
- Indian Removal Act
- The Indian Removal Act was the Americans moving the Indians to Kansas. They moved them to Kansas because they didn't want Kansas.
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