Trail of Tears Native Americans lost their land due to the Indian Removal Act, many of them died on the trail which in American History is known as the Trail of Tears. There were 5 tribes involved in this removal, it included The Choctaw, The Chickasaws, The Muscogee Creeks, the Seminoles and The Cherokee. This was a tragic time in history. Was it the right thing to do to these people, or was it worth it all? It was an injustice act on the behalf of the white men, it could’ve been handled in a
Trail of Tears The Trail of Tears, was it unjust and inhumane? What happened to the Cherokee during that long and treacherous journey? They were brave and listened to the government, but they recieved unproductive land and lost their tribal land. The white settlers were already emigrating to the Union, or America. The East coast was burdened with new settlers and becoming vastly populated. President Andrew Jackson and the government had to find a way to move people to the West to make room
Indians west of the Mississippi. That same year, Congress passed the Indian R... ... middle of paper ... ...h Oklahoma is still the Cherokee National Headquarters today as it was established in 1839. Works Cited Brill, Marlene Targ. The Trail of Tears: The Cherokee Journey From Home. Brookfield, CN: Millbrook Press, 1995. Foreman, Grant. Indian Removal: The Emigration of the Five Tribes of Indians by Grant Foreman. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2008. Garrison, Tim Alan. The Legal
southeastern parts of the United States. Although the Americans had substantial reasons why they wanted the Cherokee’s territory, they had no right to kick the Indians out of their homeland. There were many events that lead up to and caused the Trail of Tears. One of the main reasons that the U.S. wanted the Cherokee’s land was to open eastern lands to European American immigrants (Bertolet). During the 1820’s, as the eastern population grew, southern states urged the federal government to remove Indians
priest before reentering the Cherokee village. Yet in 1830, the Cherokee Indians were forcibly removed from their homeland by the very government the Cherokee Indians had supported during the Revolutionary War. This journey was later called the Trail of Tears. For hundreds of years, the native people of the North America lived in peace. It was in around 1540 that the Native Americans came in contact with explorers and settlers from around the world. It was from that time on, the Native Americans
The Trail of Tears I walked into the room on New Year’s Day and felt a sudden twinge of fear. My eyes already hurt from the tears I had shed and those tears would not stop even then the last viewing before we had to leave. She lay quietly on the bed with her face as void of emotion as a sheet of paper without the writing. Slowly, I approached the cold lifeless form that was once my mother and gave her a goodbye kiss. I looked around at everyone in the room and saw the sorrow in their
Trail of Tears Within United States History, there has been some horrible discrimination upon certain races of people. At the trail of tears native Americans were persecuted against heavily. Until 1828 the federal government had Cherokee rights to their land and in that same year Andrew Jackson was elected president and this all ended. On September 15, 1830, at Little Dancing Rabbit Creek, the Chiefs of tribes and representatives of the United States met to discuss a bill recently passed by the
“We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others” – Will Rogers (Quotes 1). One of the biggest events that took place was called the Trail of Tears; over 60,000 Native Americans - including the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole Nations were invaded. This took place from 1830 to 1838. This relocation resulted in the death of thousands of Native Americans, and was an outright failure by American citizens to exercise their responsibilities
The Trail Of Tears Gloria Jahoda, the author of The Trail of Tears talks about how Indian populations dropped and how white people are the ones responsible for the drop of their population. The white men are not responsible for the drop of the Indian population. Johoda makes all Indians sound like defenseless children. Johoda is making excuses for Indians because Indians let the white man take over their lives and life style. Indians would do everything that was asked of them by the white man instead
Trail Of Tears The “Trail Of Tears”, as it has come to be known, is a story of extreme sadness and sorrow. The trail of tears is about the Cherokee Indians and their failed attempt to assimilate with the white man. Could the Trail Of Tears have gone differently, or was it all doomed from the start? Before we dive into the story we need to get a little background on the situation to fully “appreciate” the whole story. It all begins when a man named Christopher Columbus invades a land he thinks to
The Trail of Tears was a hard battled journey for the Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee were driven to move west. They had to compromise and sign treaties, which drove them out of their land by the U.S. government. This was unfair to the Cherokees; the white settlers wanted the land for gold. Trail of tears is historically monumental because it shows the U.S. government cruelty to the Native Americans. It was unfair rights because they basically stole Cherokees land to satisfy their hunger for gold.
The Life on The Trail Of Tears There is many myths about what really happened on the Trail of Tears for example, one myth is that where each of the mother's tears fell a beautiful flower called the Wild Cherokee Rose. The trail of tears was a devastating it killed many native Americans. It all happened because president Andrew Jackson was greedy and wanted their land for himself. The trail of tears was a harsh trail that the native Americans had to walk with very little buggies and no cars because
Trail Of Tears In 1838 President Andrew Jackson passed an Indian Removal policy, this policy would ensure loss of home and many deaths for the Native Americans. In the early 1830s there were approximately 125,000 Native Americans whom lived in vast lands in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Florida.(Trail of Tears). These lands were very important to the Native Americans who honored the lands their past ancestors walked and built a life.(Trail of T.). Sadly by the end of the decade
The Trail Where They Cried The Trail of Tears was a difficult period of time. This event was a horrible and a event I am very interested in as well. The reason this event is very special to me because the leader of the Indians was my Grandfather his name was Sequoyah also known as George Gist. The Trail of Tears was a meaningful thing for the Indians. Tons of the People that walked ending up dying while they made there way to their new homeland. So I will be telling some of the things
The effects of the Trail of Tears When we think of the first people in America, whom do we think of? Of course, Christopher Columbus comes to mind. Yet, the first people to step on land were the native people. The native people were the first people to set foot on this soil, long before any white person. Regrettably, they were brutally attack, and removed from their homes. This how the Trails of Tears began. This paper will discuss the effects of The Trail of Tears had on the Indians
The Trail of Tears was a horrific time in history from the Cherokee Indians. May 18, 1830 was the beginning of a devastating future for the Cherokee Indians. On that day congress officially passed Andrew Jackson’s Indian removal act. This policy granted President Andrew Jackson the right to force the Cherokee tribe consisting of about 13,000 people off of their reservations consisting of about 100 million acres east of the Mississippi River in the Appalachian Mountains and to attend a long and torturous
The Trail Of Tears was the result of the Indian Removal Act where one of America’s largest forced migrations took place. The Indians had to endure a long journey in order to move to present day Georgia and through this journey, approximately four thousand were killed. The event took place after the law was ratified by seventh president of the United States, Andrew Jackson, in 1830. The migration relocated five civilized Native American tribes consisting of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek
Trail of Tears Interdisciplinary Unit Mary J. Williams Phoenix, AZ  Abstract The Indian Removal Act was drafted by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, which authorized President Jackson to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi River in exchange for Indian lands. Just a few tribes went peacefully, however many resisted the taking of their lands. During the harshest winter of 1838, the Cherokees were forcibly moved west by the United States government. Approximately 4,000 Cherokees
homes, out of their land, far before the 1800s. However, in the 1800s, the driving force behind the removal of the natives intensified. Thousands of indians during this time were moved along the trail known as Nunna dual Tsung, meaning “The Trail Where They Cried” (“Cherokee Trail of Tears”). The Trail of Tears was not only unjust and unconstitutional, but it also left many indians sick, heartbroken, and dead. White resentment was heavily toward one group of indians known as the Cherokee. The Cherokee
The Trail of Tears is a story based on the mass forced exodus of the Cherokee nation from the Eastern United States. The Documentary and the Text book discuss the reason behind the decision to remove the Cherokee from their lands. It also discusses those involved and the decision, along with the outcome of some. The Cherokee nation was a collaboration of five individual tribes, including the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaws, Creeks, and Seminoles. During the Revolutionary war the Cherokee had chosen