USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

AGE OF THE COMMON MAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What would be considered the worst tragedy in the Age of Jackson?
A
Trail of Tears
B
The U.S. Bank closing
C
South Carlolina seceding from the Union
D
the Corrupt Bargain
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Between 1830 and 1850, about 100, 000 American Indians living between Michigan, Louisiana, and Florida moved west after the U.S. government coerced treaties or used the U.S. Army against those resisting. Many were treated brutally. An estimated 3, 500 Creeks died in Alabama and on their westward journey.

Detailed explanation-2: -Taking place in the 1830s, the Trail of Tears was the forced and brutal relocation of approximately 100, 000 indigenous people (belonging to Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole, among other nations) living between Michigan, Louisiana, and Florida to land west of the Mississippi River.

Detailed explanation-3: -Severe exposure, starvation and disease ravaged tribes during their forced migration to present-day Oklahoma. Severe exposure, starvation and disease ravaged tribes during their forced migration to present-day Oklahoma.

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