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May 28, 1830
Chapter CXLVIII
An Act to provide for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of the
states or territories, and for their removal west of the river Mississippi.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of
America, in Congress assembled, That it shall and may be lawful for the President of
the United States to cause so much of any territory belonging to the United States,
west of the river Mississippi, not included in any state or organized territory, and to
which the Indian title has been extinguished, as he may judge necessary, to be
divided into a suitable number of districts, for the reception of such tribes or nations
of Indians as may choose to exchange the lands where they now reside, and remove
there; and to cause each of said districts to be so described by natural or artificial
marks, as to be easily distinguished from every other ...
What were the effects of this act on United States history? (5 points)