USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

PRESIDENT JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the Trail of Tears?
A
Seminoles were forced to walk to their new territory by soldiers through harsh winter weather where many died
B
Creeks went to war with the US army where many were killed
C
The road that connected the Native American territory east of the Mississippi to their new land west of the Mississippi
D
Cherokee were forced to walk to their new territory by soldiers through harsh winter weather where many died
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Trail of Tears. 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

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