JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
THE TRAIL OF TEARS
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1, 000 miles
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4, 000 miles
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580, 000 miles
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400 miles
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Detailed explanation-1: -Then, they marched the Indians more than 1, 200 miles to Indian Territory. Whooping cough, typhus, dysentery, cholera and starvation were epidemic along the way. Historians estimate that more than 5, 000 Cherokee died as a result of the journey.
Detailed explanation-2: -A map of the Trail of Tears. These Cherokee-managed migrations were primarily land crossings, averaging 10 miles a day across various routes. Some groups, however, took more than four months to make the 800-mile journey.
Detailed explanation-3: -The trail extends from North Carolina through Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, Illinois, Arkansas, Missouri, and ends in Oklahoma. The trail is 5, 043 miles long (8114 km) with water and land routes.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.