The defining moment when all American Indians were no longer eligible to remain in their homes, the law known as Indian Removal Act of 1830. This policy was the decision not only of the new North American people, but also of the seventh President Andrew Jackson. This white Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) president was the last barrier standing between Native American lands and the New Americans, who would receive land when the Native Americans were removed. This law was passed to favor new immigrants and do without natives whose families, past, animals and way of life were already integrated and established in these places. First, the Indian Removal Act of 1830 was created by the “white” federal government. , which would be victims of the Cherokee, whose sole objective was to acquire land to expand westward by eliminating the Native Americans. This act arose from the new Louisiana Purchase which provided more land to the United States; therefore more expansion for this new “white” American population. This act was enforced by the military, leading to the first four civilized Indians displacing and then forcibly removing the last group of Native Americans standing, the Cherokees. The Cherokees experienced one of the worst events when the Indian Removal Act was passed. promulgated. The U.S. government's plot to convince a number of Cherokees to cede their land to the federal government was carried out by the federal government. The Cherokee gained very little by losing more than by selling their land and falling prey to the deception of the North American government. The defining moment when all n...... middle of paper ...... there completed their studies, in order to assimilate into the new WASP way of life. Works Cited Clifton, JA (2007, March 5). From the History Books - Wisconsin Death March: Explaining the Extremes of Ancient Indian Removal from the Northwest. Indian Country News. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/367475374?accountid=40965Goetting, Nathan, MA, JD (2009). THE RED CLOUD BRAND: WHEN PEACE TREATIES BECOME WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. Article presented at 997-1024. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1289064079?accountid=40965McGill, S. (2009). The Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears. The Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears, 1-2.