JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
THE TRAIL OF TEARS
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Question
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The nations were living in Louisiana Purchase lands before they were forced from their homes.
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Their homelands were located within the Louisiana Purchase lands.
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The Louisiana Purchase lands were where the nations traditionally did most of their hunting.
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The nations were forced to go and live on the Louisiana Purchase lands.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Q. What’s the connection between the Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes and the territory acquired in the Louisiana Purchase? The Five Tribe Indians were forced to go and live on the Louisiana Purchase lands.
Detailed explanation-2: -The term Five Civilized Tribes was applied by European Americans in the colonial and early federal period in the history of the United States to the five major Native American nations in the Southeast-the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek (Muscogee), and Seminoles.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the southeastern United States, many Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, Creek and Cherokee people embraced these customs and became known as the “Five Civilized Tribes.” Did you know? Indian removal took place in the Northern states as well.
Detailed explanation-4: -The word civilized was applied to the five tribes because, broadly speaking, they had developed extensive economic ties with whites or had assimilated into American settler culture. Some members of these southeastern tribes had adopted European clothing, spoke English, practiced Christianity, and even owned slaves.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Chickasaw people moved to Indian Territory during the “Great Removal, ” on what was called the “Trail of Tears.” Other tribes forced to relocate were the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole, called the “Five Civilized Tribes” because of their highly developed ruling systems.