Leveled Readings / Indian Removal Act (1830)
Indian Removal Act (1830)
Indian Removal Act (1830), title
These are adaptations, not the original. The original wording is always shown first. Each adapted version restates the same passage at about a grade 4, grade 7, or grade 10 reading level without adding or removing ideas. Quote the original in student writing.
Original wording
“An Act to provide for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of the states or territories, and for their removal west of the river Mississippi.”
Adapted · about grade 4
This law trades land with Native people and moves them west of the Mississippi River.
Adapted · about grade 7
An act to exchange land with Native Americans living in the states or territories and move them west of the Mississippi River.
Adapted · about grade 10
An act providing for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any state or territory and for their removal west of the Mississippi River.
Used in: How did U.S. policy toward Native nations change from 1830 to 1934?