JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
THE TRAIL OF TEARS
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Question
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Approximately ____ Cherokee were forced from their homes.
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16-20
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160-200
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1, 600-1, 800
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16, 000-18, 000
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Working on behalf of white settlers who wanted to grow cotton on the Indians’ land, the federal government forced them to leave their homelands and walk hundreds of miles to a specially designated “Indian Territory” across the Mississippi River.
Detailed explanation-2: -Today, the Cherokee Nation is the largest tribe in the United States with more than 430, 000 tribal citizens worldwide.
Detailed explanation-3: -Originally located in the southeastern United States in parts of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina, the Cherokee Nation was forced to relocate to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) in 1838 after gold was discovered in our homelands.
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