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Answer the following questions: Textbook p. 332-335 1. Why did southerners want Native Americans removed from their lands? Explain. 2. Who opposed the removal of Native Americans from their lands? Why? 3. Where were they sent and why? 4. What type of opposition did Native Americans put up? How effective was it? 5. Why was this the relocation of Native Americans referred to as the Trail of Tears? Explain. 6. Which were the primary tribes affected by this legislation? [|Helpful site on Indian Removal]