Trail of Tears

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The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation in the 1830s of tens of thousands of Native Americans, primarily the Cherokee, from their ancestral homelands in the southeastern United States to designated Indian Territory, resulting in immense suffering and a high death toll.

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Generate an image of the Trail of Tears (The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation in the 1830s of tens of thousands of Native Americans, primarily the Cherokee, from their ancestral homelands in the southeastern United States to designated Indian Territory, resulting in immense suffering and a high death toll.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic cleansing ⓘ
forced relocation ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
appliesToEthnicGroup Cherokee Nation ⓘ
Chickasaw ⓘ
linked to: Chickasaw Nation

Choctaw ⓘ
linked to: Choctaw people

Muscogee (Creek) ⓘ
Seminole ⓘ
“Five Civilized Tribes” ⓘ
authorizedBy President Andrew Jackson ⓘ
linked to: Andrew Jackson
carriedOutBy United States Army ⓘ
state militias ⓘ
commemoratedBy Trail of Tears National Historic Trail ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endTime late 1830s ⓘ
follows Worcester v. Georgia decision ⓘ
hasCause Indian Removal Act of 1830 ⓘ
hasEffect cultural disruption ⓘ
high mortality ⓘ
land seizure by the United States ⓘ
loss of ancestral homelands ⓘ
mass displacement of Native Americans ⓘ
population decline ⓘ
psychological trauma ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
Jacksonian era ⓘ
legislatedBy United States Congress ⓘ
location Indian Territory ⓘ
present-day Oklahoma ⓘ
southeastern United States ⓘ
mainSubject Cherokee removal ⓘ
linked to: Trail of Tears
numberOfDeaths approximately 4,000 Cherokee ⓘ
thousands of Native Americans ⓘ
numberOfVictims approximately 16,000 Cherokee removed ⓘ
tens of thousands of Native Americans ⓘ
opposedBy Cherokee Nation ⓘ
Principal Chief John Ross ⓘ
partOf Indian removal ⓘ
precededBy Treaty of New Echota ⓘ
reason U.S. desire for Native American lands ⓘ
discovery of gold on Cherokee land ⓘ
expansion of cotton agriculture ⓘ
rememberedFor death marches ⓘ
immense suffering ⓘ
route overland routes through Arkansas ⓘ
overland routes through Illinois ⓘ
overland routes through Kentucky ⓘ
overland routes through Missouri ⓘ
overland routes through Tennessee ⓘ
water routes along the Mississippi River ⓘ
startTime 1830s ⓘ
1831 ⓘ

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Georgia Gold Rush → relatedTo → Trail of Tears ⓘ
Jacksonian era → hasPart → Trail of Tears ⓘ
Native Americans → historicalEvent → Trail of Tears ⓘ
Native Americans → historicalEvent → Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ
linked to: Trail of Tears
Winfield Scott → participantIn → Trail of Tears ⓘ
Indian Territory → significantEvent → Trail of Tears ⓘ
Trail of Tears → mainSubject → Cherokee removal ⓘ
linked to: Trail of Tears
Worcester v. Georgia → relatedTo → Trail of Tears ⓘ
Creek War of 1836 → relatedTo → Trail of Tears ⓘ
Choctaw Nation → forcedRelocation → Trail of Tears ⓘ
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia → relatedTo → Trail of Tears ⓘ
Creek (Muscogee) Nation → historicalEvent → Trail of Tears era removals ⓘ
linked to: Trail of Tears
Southeastern Woodlands → impactedBy → Trail of Tears ⓘ
Cherokee Nation → notableHistoricEvent → Trail of Tears ⓘ
subject linked to: Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
Fort Payne → historicalEvent → Cherokee removal (Trail of Tears) ⓘ
linked to: Trail of Tears
Creek (Muscogee) → wasSubjectOf → Trail of Tears ⓘ
Diane Glancy → theme → Trail of Tears ⓘ
Choctaw people → forcedRelocationEvent → Trail of Tears ⓘ
New Echota → associatedWithEvent → Trail of Tears ⓘ
Cherokee Constitution of 1827 → inForceUntil → Cherokee removal era ⓘ
linked to: Trail of Tears
John Ross → participatedIn → Trail of Tears ⓘ
Treaty of New Echota → ledTo → Trail of Tears ⓘ
subject linked to: Treaty of New Echota (1835)
Five Civilized Tribes → event → Trail of Tears ⓘ
subject linked to: “Five Civilized Tribes”
Seminole Wars → relatedTo → Trail of Tears ⓘ
John Ridge → participantIn → Cherokee removal ⓘ
linked to: Trail of Tears
Treaty of Cusseta (1832) → relatedTo → Trail of Tears ⓘ
Cherokee → historicalEvent → Trail of Tears ⓘ
Red Clay State Historic Park → theme → Trail of Tears ⓘ
Red Clay State Historic Park → topic → Cherokee removal ⓘ
linked to: Trail of Tears
Cherokee National History Museum → topic → Trail of Tears ⓘ
An American Sunrise → relatedTo → Trail of Tears ⓘ
Choctaw–United States relations → keyEvent → Trail of Tears (Choctaw removal) ⓘ
linked to: Trail of Tears
Pushing the Bear → mainSubject → Trail of Tears ⓘ
Pushing the Bear → aboutEvent → Trail of Tears ⓘ
Unto These Hills outdoor drama → subject → Trail of Tears ⓘ
Ross’s Landing → significantEvent → Trail of Tears ⓘ
Texas–Cherokee War → relatedEvent → Trail of Tears ⓘ
Chief Vann House State Historic Site → significantEvent → Cherokee removal era ⓘ
linked to: Trail of Tears