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[1].
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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