JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
THE TRAIL OF TEARS
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Cherokee
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Choctaw
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Seminole
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Creek
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson’s Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the “Trail of Tears, ” because of its devastating effects.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Dawes Act of February 8, 1887 marks a turning point in determining tribal citizenship. This Act developed a Federal commission tasked with creating Final Rolls for the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma (Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles).
Detailed explanation-3: -As the English expanded their territory in the colonies to the east side of the Appalachian mountains, the Cherokee fought with the Muscogee Creek over their lands to the south and west.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Cherokee Nation, largest of the Five Civilized Tribes of the southeast, is a people of Iroquoian lineage.