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Why did Native Americans move to the Indian Territory?

They experienced a natural disaster that forced them to relocate.

They wanted to avoid contact with American settlers.

Their lands were taken by American settlers, and they were forced to move.

They found gold and other resources in the area.

Respuesta :

Working on behalf of white settlers who wanted to grow cotton on the Indians' land, the federal government forced them to leave their homelands and walk hundreds of miles to a specially designated “Indian territory” across the Mississippi River.