The Trail of Tears By: Cassity & Brittney Mrs. Garcie Locklear 3 rd period

Who In 1830 President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act. It forced the Cherokee to move to Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma.

What The Cherokee were forced to walk 800 mi often in bad weather. One out of every four Cherokee died.

When In the early 1800s, many settlers moved to Cherokee land in the southeast.

Where It was in Cherokee land which is now known as Tennessee.

Why Because the President was wanting the land that Cherokee stayed on and all the other American Indians.

There's a trail of tears Flowing from our homeland Washing out the years Drowning out the red man. There's a broken heart beating like a funeral drum, A nation torn apart, So one can be born. There's a memory That the eagle holds high When we were free As the wind in the sky There's a feeling inside That stirs our madness To have a chosen life In the fields of sadness. There are some empty teepees Falling into dust Like an endangered species We're losing way too much We are a world forgotten Pushed aside and left alone But comes a time when we will rise again. Oh Great One, hear our prayers and our song.

Bibliography/Facts Social Studies Book pg /of/the/trail/of/tears ipes.com /of/the/trail/of/tears ipes.com o The term 'Trail of Tears' was first used by the Choctaw tribe in Of the 16,000 Choctaw Indians who walked the Trail of Tear between 5000 and 6,000 Choctaws died on the route. Despite association of the term with the Cherokee Removal, the Choctaws lost the most people on the Trail of Tears and the highest percentage of people during the Indian Removal o Definition: The Trail of Tears was the name the Cherokee used to describe to the 1000 mile route, or trail, that they were forced to travel, from their homelands in the Southeastern United States to reservations in present day Oklahoma, as a result of the 1830 Indian Removal Act.

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