JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
THE TRAIL OF TEARS
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Both individuals are Native Americans who endured hardships on the Trail of Tears.
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Both individuals are the descendants of Native Americans who endured hardships on the Trail of Tears.
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Both individuals were officers who forced Native Americans into relocation on the Trail of Tears.
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Both individuals have different opinions on the same historic event:the forced relocation of Native Americans on the Trail of Tears.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mary Hill’s account discussed the suffering and death of Native American men, women, and children that occured during their migration while Jobe Alexander’s account discussed what life was like for the Native American tribes who escaped into the mountains.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the fall and winter of 1838 and 1839, the Cherokees were forcibly moved west by the United States government. Approximately 4, 000 Cherokees died on this forced march, which became known as the “Trail of Tears."
Detailed explanation-3: -“The love of possession is a disease with them; they take tithes from the poor and weak to support the rich who rule. They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own and fence their neighbors away.”