The Trail of Tears began in 1838‚ this was an Indian movement covering 1‚000 miles of travel forced by president Andrew Jackson. Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act‚ which granted unsettled lands in exchange for the Indian lands; therefore‚ Jackson made all of the Indians move towards the central south and west to be used a labor workers. Over 16‚000 Indians were pushed out of their homes to go work for southerners. The Americans wanted the Indians to act more American and gain their beliefs and
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The trail of tears was one of the harshest punishments that the Native American population have faced. The trail of tears had many causes however the event it self took place in 1838 when General Winfield Scott rounded up as many Cherokee Indians as he could and forced them to walk to Oklahoma. The reasoning behind the naming of this event is due to the number of casualties due to disease and exposure to disease during this historical event. There were numerous people which led to the event such
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frequently comes to mind would be the Trail of Tears. The Trail of Tears refers to the period of time in which the Federal government forcibly removed thousands of Cherokee‚ along with the members of other Indian tribes. The Cherokee was succumbed to disease‚ lack of food‚ foul weather‚ mistreatment of soldiers‚ and much more. The removal process and the actual journey cost thousands of lives‚ extinguishing a large portion of the tribal population. The term Trail of Tears came from the Cherokee term Nunna
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Most people are conscious of the devastating effects The Trail of Tears had on the Cherokee people‚ some question its necessity and the mindset of President Andrew Jackson to not only let this horrific affair to take lace but to fight tooth and nail for this policy. Despite the plethora of writings in place regarding the injustices that the Native Americans endured during the Trail of Tears very little attention has been given to why the people of that time would allow this forced removal to take
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The Trail of Tears began with the idea of white settlers wanting to settle in the land where Native Americans were to grow cotton. They believed that Native Americans weren’t people‚ and they were just objects occupying the land they wanted and felt they deserved. The white settlers were forcing Native Americans to migrate to designated “Indian Territory” that was across the Mississippi River. The ideas of the early white Americans was to try to convert the Native Americans to be more like the
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While watching "Trail of Tears" I noticed the hardship of wanting to stay in the same location from John Ross break apart due to other political needs which lead to relocation of the Cherokee tribe. With the horrific pathways of muddy terrains and snowy areas during the process of relocating many of the Native Americans died day after day. However they had no choice since it was either to stay at their original homes but disband from the tribe or to contiue in the tribe but to face the predicaments
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out its indigenous population.”-Martin Luther King Jr. In this quote‚ King is referring to the policy that the United States encompassed to take hold of the land pertaining to the Native Americans‚ The Indian Removal Act. But even before “The trail of tears” occurred the Indians suffered at the hands of the early European discoverers. It was in the year 1492 that the newly kings of a centralized Spain sent forth an expedition that would result in the European
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The Trail of Tears The Trail of Tears‚ a gruesome event taking place in the mid 1800’s. Andrew Jackson and his Indian removal Act‚ it costed the land of the Cherokees of the east Mississippi River to be taken away from them. Due to the land being stolen‚ the Cherokees had to migrate to the present-day of Oklahoma. With its devastating events such as‚ Hunger‚ disease‚ and exhaustion. Years later‚ The Cherokee people named the migration "The Trail of Tears". Over 4‚000 of 15‚000 of Cherokees were
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Before The Trail of Tears was even a thought we first experience assimilation with Moravian missionaries being allowed on the Cherokee’s land. This tribe was very much settled‚ they had a newspaper‚ a form of slavery and even had gone as far as to adopt a government based mostly around that of the United States. In 1802 Georgia ceded their claim of the land west of the Appalachian Mountains to the federal government‚ in return Georgia wanted Cherokees out. Pleads were being made by tribes to stay
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America thought were knowledgeable at the time have proved devastating to other parties. One example of this can be seen through the Trail of Tears. The Trail of Tears is a failure in history because it led to the death of thousands of American Indians‚ the act was unjust‚ and it caused Andrew Jackson to be known primarily for the cruelty of his rule. The Trail of Tears brought the death of countless American Indians. Due to the greed of the Americans‚ American Indians were forced from their
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