Why did white settlers want the government to move Native Americans from the Southeast to the Great Plains?

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Hazel Frank

15 March, 18:35

Why did white settlers want the government to move Native Americans from the Southeast to the Great Plains?

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Dean · Answer 1

The land west of the Mississippi was unsuitable for farming and white settlers wanted to move to the Southeast where Native Americans lived. They wanted the government to move the Native Americans to the Plains so the whites could settle in the Southeast for farming.