USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Van Buren enforced Jackson’s Indian Removal Act of 1830. In a devastating move, the federal government forced the Cherokee Nation to relocate west of the Mississippi to present-day Oklahoma. Known as the Trail of Tears, a full quarter-approximately 4, 000 of the 15, 000 Cherokee people-died.

Detailed explanation-2: -Enforcing the Indian Removal Act of 1830, Van Buren’s administration removed Cherokee and other native peoples from their homes to be relocated west of the Mississippi, an event known as the “Trail of Tears” that resulted in the death of one quarter of the Cherokee nation.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy.

Detailed explanation-4: -Jackson’s successor, President Martin Van Buren, ordered the US Army to proceed with forced removal. During the winter of 1838-1839, 14, 000 Cherokee men, women, and children were forced to march from their homes to lands in present-day Oklahoma.