JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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Question
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migrate ____ Great Compromise
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migrate ____ Trail of Tears
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resettle ____ Cherokee Trek
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learn English ____ Trail of Tears
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the fall and winter of 1838 and 1839, the Cherokees were forcibly moved west by the United States government. Approximately 4, 000 Cherokees died on this forced march, which became known as the “Trail of Tears."
Detailed explanation-2: -The Cherokee were given two years to migrate voluntarily, at the end of which time they would be forcibly removed. By 1838 only 2, 000 had migrated; 16, 000 remained on their land. The U.S. government sent in 7, 000 troops, who forced the Cherokees into stockades at bayonet point.
Detailed explanation-3: -This tragic chapter in American and Cherokee history became known as the Trail of Tears, and culminated the implementation of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which mandated the removal of all American Indian tribes east of the Mississippi River to lands in the West.
Detailed explanation-4: -Cherokee authorities estimate that 6, 000 men, women, and children die on the 1, 200-mile march called the Trail of Tears. Other Cherokee escape to North Carolina, where they elude capture and forced removal.