At this time , states wanted to remove Indians from their territory , which led to more treaties and the establishment of the controversial policy of U.S. ethnic cleansing . These feelings resulted in the Indian Removal Act , when Congress authorized President Andrew Jackson to take land away from Indians and give them land in the West . It was the Indian Removal Act that helped Jackson set into place the Trail of Tears in 1831
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Indian Country Jurisdiction