JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
JACKSONS INDIAN REMOVAL ACT OF 1830
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Corrupt Bargain of 1824
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Worcester v. Georgia
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Indian Removal Act of 1830
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Trail of Tears
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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: -It began just south of Fort Payne, Alabama, ran northwestward to Huntsville, and went on to Pulaski, Tennessee, and Jackson, Missouri. From there it tended southwestward to the Batesville area in northeastern Arkansas and then westward to Fayetteville, where the group disbanded.
Detailed explanation-3: -More than 46, 000 Native Americans were forced-sometimes by the U.S. military-to abandon their homes and relocate to “Indian Territory” that eventually became the state of Oklahoma.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Trail of Tears and the Forced Relocation of the Cherokee Nation (Teaching with Historic Places) This lesson is part of the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) program.