JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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When the federal govt moved Indians to the west, and many died of starvation and the weather.
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people crying over slavery
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the slaves journey to america
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -the name given to the long journey from Georgia to Oklahoma made in 1838 by the Cherokee and other native North American nations. They were being forced by the US government to move to the Indian Territory, and thousands died on the way.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: Explanation: In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson’s Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Guided by policies favored by President Andrew Jackson, who led the country from 1828 to 1837, the Trail of Tears (1837 to 1839) was the forced westward migration of American Indian tribes from the South and Southeast. Land grabs threatened tribes throughout the South and Southeast in the early 1800s.
Detailed explanation-4: -This is the story of the removal of the Cherokee Nation from its ancestral homeland in parts of North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama to land set aside for American Indians in what is now the state of Oklahoma.