JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON
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Many American Indians died, and those who survived lost their way of life and lived one reservations.
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American Indians attacked U.S. soldiers and successfully defended their lands.
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American Indians escaped and formed new villages throughout Tennessee.
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American Indians gained sympathy and were allowed to keep their lands.
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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: -The dysentery and diarrhea that tore through the campsites and the harsh winter conditions claimed the lives of many, particularly children and the elderly, who were buried in makeshift graves along the way. The last of the Cherokee completed the Trail of Tears in March 1839.
Detailed explanation-3: -/ðə ˌtreɪl əv ˈtɪəz/ /ðə ˌtreɪl əv ˈtɪrz/ 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-4: -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.