JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
THE TRAIL OF TEARS
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Question
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True or False:1 out of 4 cherokees died of cold or disease on the Trail of Tears.
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Cherokee authorities estimate that 6, 000 men, women, and children die on the 1, 200-mile march called the Trail of Tears. Other Cherokee escape to North Carolina, where they elude capture and forced removal.
Detailed explanation-2: -The small pox disease wiped out 50% of the Cherokee Nation because they were located on the eastern coast. That would have been about 20, 000 people or more that died in a very short time.
Detailed explanation-3: -The removal of the Cherokee began in 1838 under the leadership of General Winfield Scott who, with 7, 000 soldiers and members of various State militias, escorted the Cherokee and other Indians west.
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