1. **Explain the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and President Andrew Jackson's role.**
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, which authorized the president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders [S3]. In his annual message to Congress on December 6, 1830, President Andrew Jackson informed Congress on the progress of the removal of Indian tribes living east of the Mississippi River to land in the west, and the first major step to relocate American Indians came when Congress passed the Indian Removal Act of May 28, 1830, which President Andrew Jackson signed [S4].

2. **Explain Worcester v. Georgia, the Treaty of New Echota, Cherokee opposition to the treaty, and the eventual forced removal.**
The Cherokee Nation had tried to protect their lands by assimilating into European-American culture as much as possible since the early 1800s [S2]. However, when Andrew Jackson became president in 1828, this tactic rapidly changed, as gold was found in the Cherokee Nation, prompting people to desperately want that land [S2]. The Treaty of New Echota was a document related to this process [S2]. Chief John Ross protested the Treaty of New Echota [S2].

3. **Give historically supported estimates for the number of Cherokee removed and deaths associated with removal.**
The supplied evidence does not provide historically supported estimates for the number of