JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
THE TRAIL OF TEARS
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600
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4, 000
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12, 000
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Detailed explanation-1: -The U.S. Department of War forcibly removes approximately 17, 000 Cherokee to Indian Territory (which is now known as Oklahoma). Cherokee authorities estimate that 6, 000 men, women, and children die on the 1, 200-mile march called the Trail of Tears.
Detailed explanation-2: -As many as 4, 000 died of disease, starvation and exposure during their detention and forced migration through nine states that became known as the “Trail of Tears.”
Detailed explanation-3: -The Trail of Tears refers to the forced relocation in 1838, of the Cherokee Native American tribe to Indian Territory in what would be the state of Oklahoma, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 4, 000 of the 15, 000 Cherokees affected. This was caused by the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
Detailed explanation-4: -Some 100, 000 American Indians forcibly removed from what is now the eastern United States to what was called Indian Territory included members of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole tribes.