USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Cherokee people called this journey the “Trail of Tears, ” because of its devastating effects. The migrants faced hunger, disease, and exhaustion on the forced march. Over 4, 000 out of 15, 000 of the Cherokees died. This picture, The Trail of Tears, was painted by Robert Lindneux in 1942.

Detailed explanation-2: -The forced relocations and ethnic cleansings of the Indian nations have sometimes been referred to as “death marches", in particular when referring to the Cherokee march across the Midwest in 1838, which occurred via a predominantly land route. Indians who had the means initially provided for their own removal.

Detailed explanation-3: -(Ans 1:) In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson, s Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up it’s land east of the Mississippi river and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the “Trail of Tears", because of its devastating effects.