Indian Removal Act (1830) — Jackson + Congress
event
In 1830 the US government legally uprooted entire Native nations, a decision that led to the deadly Trail of Tears.
Who they are
The Indian Removal Act of 1830, signed by President Andrew Jackson.
What they do
The engine treats it as a documented instance of a state singling out a group for forced removal.
How it works
Signed May 28, 1830 after narrow congressional votes (Senate 28-19, House 101-97), it authorized removing the Cherokee, Choctaw, and other nations west of the Mississippi, and the Cherokee removal became the Trail of Tears; the author of record was the US sovereign (Congress plus the executive) and the target was Native American nations.
Why it matters
It is a Tier-1, primary-sourced example of state-scale scapegoating; the engine documents the instance itself while holding its wider interpretations open rather than asserting them.
The engine's record — word for word
[in-scope 1200-2040; new instance] Signed 28 May 1830 by Andrew Jackson (Senate 28-19, House 101-97); authorized removal of the Cherokee, Choctaw and other nations west of the Mississippi; the Cherokee removal became the Trail of Tears. Structural class: exemption-against (#100) / state-scale pharmakos. DOCUMENTED FACT: author-of-record = the US sovereign (Congress + executive); target = Native American nations. Readings HELD, not asserted; record documents the instance only. Sibling: chinese_exclusion_1882. Tier-1 (US National Archives — statute + Jackson's message to Congress).
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