You can look this up further to get a more detailed answer,but basically it was called that because so many Native Americans died.
The government created and enforced many "trails of tears". The one that history records made most famous was that of the Cherokee. Forced to walk thousands of miles from Georgia to Oklahoma, four thousand Indians are thought to have died. This removal was against the findings of the Supreme Court of the United States who said the Cherokee would have to agree with the removal. They never did.
The trail of tears is an 800 mile forced march made by the Cherokee from the homeland in Georgia to Indian territory (caused by the Indian removal act.); it resulted in thousands of deaths of the Cherokee
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forced migration of american indians to land west of the mississippi river
By getting permission to lead there people on the trails.
The government created and enforced many "trails of tears". The one that history records made most famous was that of the Cherokee. Forced to walk thousands of miles from Georgia to Oklahoma, four thousand Indians are thought to have died. This removal was against the findings of the Supreme Court of the United States who said the Cherokee would have to agree with the removal. They never did.
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That was the Cherokee Trail of Tears - the only one history seems to want to remember. However, there truly were many, many trails of tears for the American Indian tribes.
It was the Cherokee Trail of Tears. It was just the most famous of many trails of tears endured by several tribes. History books only seem to remember the Cherokee one.
You need to understand several things. First, the fist successful camera (not Dagerotype or Dry Plate imaging) was not invented until 1889 by George Eastman.The forced removal of Native Americans from their lands in the east to locations west of the Mississippi, commonly referred to as the Trail of Tears, began more than fifty years before that in 1830 with the three stages of removal of the Choctaw, and culminated in the removal of the last Cherokee removed in the winter of 1838-39. There are some Dagerotypes and Dry Plate portraits of those who made the trail (mostly people of the Cherokee Nation).There are no historical photos taken during the Trail of Tears. While camera's were around (per se) they were not portable in such a way that they were available during that time.Modern photo's can be found through many of the search engines. The US Government, US Parks Service, has a web site (linked below) with information on the current Trail of Tears.
The Trails of Tears and Henry Clay are alike in that both are significant events and figures in American history related to the treatment of Native Americans. The Trails of Tears refer to the forced relocation of Native American tribes, particularly the Cherokee, which resulted in immense suffering and loss of life. Henry Clay, as a prominent political leader and advocate for compromise, played a role in shaping policies that affected Native Americans, including the Indian Removal Act. Both illustrate the complexities and consequences of U.S. policies toward Indigenous peoples in the 19th century.
Because it is where millions of Indians lost their lives all because of the Indian Removal Act during the presidency of Andrew Jackson in the 1830's