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The Indian removal movement of 1830 started because Americans were moving west and acquiring land to settle, but the Indians became the obstacle. Another factor that made the Americans to remove the Cherokees was, because of the gold that Georgians had found in Cherokee’s land. The government would make treaties, but the government would not fully follow the treaties. While the Americans moved west, they introduced diseases, but this was not enough to wipe out the tribes, war was the answer. It was not until Congress passed the Indian Removal Act of 1830 that it allowed to move Indians further west that became a real problem for the tribes. Arguments and disagreements were even taken to court like the two cases, Worcester v. Georgia and Cherokee

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