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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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