Trail of Tears

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The Indian Removal Act pushed for and signed by Andrew Jackson(D), allowed him to negotiate the removal of Indian tribes living east of the Mississippi. At that time, it was thought that America would never expand beyond the Mississippi. Jackson used that Act to forcibly remove the Cherokee from their lands, illegally. It was one of many Trails of Tears.

Starvation was one of the hardships that the Indians had to endure during the Trail of Tears. Exhaustion was another hardship, they were forced to walk for very long periods of time. Many did survive the journey.

What helped the Cherokee survie on the Trail of Tears

Several groups of Native Americans were walked in the dead of winter from Georgia to Oklahoma. Men, women,and children died on the walk.

There was not exact date, but seeing as the trail was apromxitially 1,200 miles (2,00 km). To put that in perspective, picture walking from Boston, Mass. to New York City, and back 7 times!!! The average human walks at 4 to 5 miles an hour, but factor carring all your belongings, and doing this almost nonstop, and you may be down to 1 or 2. All in all, it took a little over 1 year to do that.

President Andrew Jackson was the official who approved of the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

There were five major tribes: the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole. The Cherokee challenged the Indian Removal Act in the courts of the United States. It made its way up to the Supreme Court where it went under the supervision of John Marshall. He ruled the favor to the Cherokee. Note the Supreme Court could make the ruling but cannot enforce it, only the executive branch (the president) has the power to do so.

The president at that time, Andrew Jackson ignored the decision of the Supreme Court and stilled removed the Indians from their land.

Pocahontas lived in the Powhatan tribe west of Jamestown, in Virginia.

This sad relocation of the Cherokees occurred after Jackson left office, but

he set in motion the idea that Indians must be moved out of GA and Alabama

into land west of the Mississippi, so must share some of the responsibilty

The different tribes were given land in Oklahoma which was considered " Indian territory" the land wasn't very good though because it was hard to grow crops and the ground was hard.

The Arkansas Gazette quoted Thomas Harkins (A Choctaw) as saying "[it was] a trail of tears and death" it was most likely this quote that eventually lead to naming the act of removing the indians.

The 19th century saw the forced march of the Cherokee Tribe from the eastern part of the US to what is now Oklahoma. Despite court rulings, US President Andrew Jackson ignored them. This proud Native Tribe suffered greatly due to disease, starvation, violence and the long march. It was cruel and unjustified.

what caused American Indian`s sorrow was that they were forced to leave their homes between 1830 and 1838

The forced relocation of the Cherokee People called the Trail of Tears occurred in 1838. The United States Government had a history of mistreating the Red Man, but this was one of the most despicable acts perpetrated on Native Americans. Hit the link and read about it courtesy of our friends at Wikipedia. Suggestion: slide along the link and read just the first two paragraphs of the article. You'll be up to speed. And if the first two paragraphs doesn't cause you to at least skim the rest of the article, nothing will get you to do it.

Andrew Jackson's Indian removal act impacted the lives of Native Americans in many ways. One of the ways it affected them was that many Native Americans died on their journey. For example 4,000 Cherokee Indians died on their way to the new Indian Territory because of diseases and starvation. The Cherokees called Andrew Jackson Sharp Knife. The Cherokees had a strong leader who had not yet given up the fight. They were led by the tough, and determined John Ross. From the beginning of Jackson's administration Ross urged his people to stand their ground and remain united. In a single week about 17,000 Cherokees were rounded up and herded into what was surely a concentration camp. Many sickened and died while they awaited transport to the west. In June the first contingent of about a thousand Indians boarded a steamboat and sailed down the Tennessee River on the first lap of their westward journey. Then they were boxed like animals into railroad cars. Again there were many deaths on account of the oppressive heat and cramped conditions in the cars. For the last leg of the journey the Cherokees walked. Small wonder they came to call this 800-mile nightmare 'The Trail of Tears.' Of the approximately 18,000 Cherokees who were removed, at least 4,000 died in the stockades along the way.

It ended in present day Oklahoma.

The relocation of Native Americans, including Cherokee and Seminole tribes, took place under the Indian Relocation Act of 1830. The forced migration to areas west of the Mississippi lasted from 1830 to 1850. The major movement of Cherokees (to which the term Trail of Tears was first applied) was from 1836 to 1839, primarily in 1838.

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If he or she is guilty to the reasons of tears.

The trail is called "Trail of Tears" because during the move of the Cherokee Tribe many people died along the way and many people were in tears.

This was a forced marches of several tribes starting in 1831. The Choctaw became the first to be removed and their removal was a model for future relocations. After 2 wars the Seminoles were removed in 1832 and the Creek in 1834, Chickasaw in 1837, and finally the Cherokee in 1838. Along with the tribes were spouses, African Americans, and slaves. By 1837 46,000 Native Americans had been removed from their lands. This open 25 million acres for white settlers. The largest death toll comes from the forced relocation of the Cherokee. In 1838 the remaining Cherokee were rounded into camps and of over 700 people. Disease spread quickly throughout the closely quartered groups. The marchers were subject to violence along the route and they were forced to march in the hottest and coldest months. This killed many from exposure, disease, and starvation, harassment by local frontiersman, and lack of rations. Up to one-third of the Choctaw and others died on the march.

Yes the Cherokee's marched the Trail of Tears.

Georgia was the ancestral tribal lands for them and moving them to the reservation in Oklahoma opened the territory for settlements. This was the Trail of Tears.

The final destination was to what is now the state of Oklahoma.

The causes of death experienced by the Natives on the Trail of Tears was: * Gun Shot(s) * Exposure * Pneumonia * Starvation / Malnutrition (and related diseases) * Small Pox