In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew
Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its
lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day
Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears,"
because of its devastating effects.
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The Cherokee Trail of Tears resulted
from the enforcement of the Treaty of New Echota, an agreement signed under the
provisions of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which exchanged Indian land in
the East for lands west of the Mississippi River, but which was never accepted
by the elected tribal leadership or a majority ...
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Find out how Andrew Jackson's
controversial Indian Removal Act paved the way for The Trail of Tears.
... This difficult and sometimes deadly journey is known as the Trail of
Tears. ... Andrew Jackson had long been an advocate of what he called
“Indian removal.”.
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In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's
Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east
of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The
Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears,"
because of its devastating effects.
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