USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Use the map on the studies weekly page. What does the trail route represent on the Chickasaw and Natchez Tribal Lands map?
A
the route Natchez took to trade and hunt
B
the route Chickasaw took to gather food
C
the Corps of Discovery
D
the route of Chickasaw removal to Oklahoma in 1830s
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It began just south of Fort Payne, Alabama, ran northwestward to Huntsville, and went on to Pulaski, Tennessee, and Jackson, Missouri. From there it tended southwestward to the Batesville area in northeastern Arkansas and then westward to Fayetteville, where the group disbanded.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Trail of Tears has become the symbol in American history that signifies the callousness of American policy makers toward American Indians. Indian lands were held hostage by the states and the federal government, and Indians had to agree to removal to preserve their identity as tribes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Some 100, 000 American Indians forcibly removed from what is now the eastern United States to what was called Indian Territory included members of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole tribes.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the 1830s the U.S. government took away the homelands of many Native American groups in the Southeast. It then forced them to move to lands west of the Mississippi River. Most of them had to walk all the way. This event is known as the Trail of Tears.

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