answer asap please! What was the main reason why Congress passed the Indian Removal Act? Congress no longer believed that American Indians could be assimilated into American society. Congress wanted American Indian lands for white settlement. American Indians had continually broken treaties negotiated by the US government.
Answer:The main reason why Congress passed the Indian Removal Act in 1830 was "b. to move eastern Indian tribes to lands west of the Mississippi," since the goal was to clear this land for white settelment.
