By implementing the Indian Removal Act, America was called into question as a democratic country. Was independence a top priority in America or was it reserved for a select group? Americans thought of independence as for certain people, including white settlers. Neither Native Americans nor blacks. It also calls into question what America would pay for human expansion. The answer ultimately was any price except a cost that would have included the settlers. Native Americans, blacks, and anyone else who might pay the price of expansion. Native Americans achieved this by being forced off their land. Black people did this by being used as laborers and enslaved. The United States forced and tricked the tribes into selling their land and moving west. Another effect is to reinforce distrust between Native Americans and the United States government. Political corruption was demonstrated by broken treaties and unfair treatment of Native Americans. The Indian Removal Act had disadvantages and advantages for the United States and Native Americans. This would suggest that the Indian Removal Act was unjustifiable because both sides were at one