JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
THE TRAIL OF TEARS
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2, 550
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300, 000
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1, 000
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Detailed explanation-1: -More than 46, 000 Native Americans were forced-sometimes by the U.S. military-to abandon their homes and relocate to “Indian Territory” that eventually became the state of Oklahoma.
Detailed explanation-2: -Between the 1830 Indian Removal Act and 1850, the U.S. government used forced treaties and/or U.S. Army action to move about 100, 000 American Indians living east of the Mississippi River, westward to Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma.
Detailed explanation-3: -Within less than five decades, more than 60 tribes had willingly or forcibly relocated to Indian Territory. In one of the most infamous forced migrations, bayonet-wielding U.S. soldiers evicted thousands of Cherokees from their lands in Georgia.
Detailed explanation-4: -This allowed the federal government to break up tribal lands further. Only those families who accepted an allotment of land could become US citizens. The Dawes Act designated 160 acres of farmland or 320 acres of grazing land to the head of each Native American family.