What was the Trail of Tears?
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another name for the Underground Railroad
another name for the Underground Railroad
the homeland to Irish immigrants
the homeland to Irish immigrants
a drama written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
a drama written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
the forced removal of Native Americans
the forced removal of Native Americans
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The Trail of Tears refers to the forced removal of Native Americans from their ancestral lands in the southeastern United States to designated Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) between 1830 and 1850. This relocation was a result of the Indian Removal Act signed into law by President Andrew Jackson in 1830. The Trail of Tears resulted in the displacement and death of thousands of Native Americans, primarily from the Cherokee, Muscogee Creek, Seminole, Choctaw, and Chickasaw tribes.