Native American Removal · US History

Why did many white settlers in the Southeast support Native American removal?

  1. They wanted access to Native lands for cotton farming and settlement
  2. They wanted Native nations to control state governments
  3. They opposed the expansion of plantation agriculture
  4. They wanted to return the land to former European colonial monarchies
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Correct answer: They wanted access to Native lands for cotton farming and settlement

Many white settlers desired Native lands because they were fertile and useful for cotton cultivation. Removal served the interests of settlers, land speculators, and slaveholding planters.

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