USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation during the 1830s of Indigenous peoples of the Southeast region of the United States (including the Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole, among others) to the so-called Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -The Trail of Tears National Historic Trail commemorates the removal of the Cherokee and the paths that 17 Cherokee detachments followed westward.