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    The Trail of Tears has left thousands dead, but was it worth it? The U.S. government had tried to to remove Native Americans since 1838 out of the East and into the West of the Mississippi River. Since America wanted land to provide their country with money to be the most powerful country in the world. It was necessary for the government to remove the Native Americans from the United States for money and power. The United States of America had moved the Native Americans out of the East and into

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    The trail of tears occurred between 1838-1839 in which the United states forced native americans to move from their lands and relocate to the west of the Mississippi river ( which is modern day Oklahoma) The indians that migrated faced many adversities along the way such as: hunger,cholera, cold, starvation and disease during that forced march to Oklahoma. Due to this removal 4,000 out of 15,000 cherokees died on this lengthy march. The cherokees should have been permitted to stay because : it was

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    I picked the topic “The Trail of Tears” because it seems if you asked a typical teenager today what the Trail of Tears means to them, you would more than likely get a simple shoulder shrug. Probably the same response you would receive upon asking an adult of an event that occurred in the fifth grade. If you asked a Native American what the Trail of Tears means to them, you would have a vivid picture of pain, heartache, and disappointment painted for you. It started when President Andrew Jackson wanted

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    "The Trail of Tears — The Indian Removals." Ushistory.org. Independence Hall Association, n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2015. This article begins with how the Native Americans were the main group that were effected by Andrew Jackson’s Presidency. The article then states how the Natives respodedt the Removal Acts. The Cherokee Indians stuck out during the acts because they used very civilized reaction such as writing a constitution and electing representatives. Once the American military arrived, the Indians

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    Research paper:Trail of Tears The Trail of tears is something that very well embodies the injustices that native americans have long faced in our country. They have often been treated as less than or as though they are not worthy of the same rights that many. We have systematically pushed under the proverbial rug the injustices that this people group has faced for many generations. It is not hard to see what these injustices are if you just take a moment to take a deeper look at the history of

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    Tears. They are almost a uniquely human experience, one that exists alongside only the most human of emotions: elation and heartbreak. They exist as a sign of utter, almost infantile vulnerability, yet possess the power to upheave humanity. It’s no coincidence that acclaimed author Michael Eric Dyson chose the name Tears We Cannot Stop. Such a name accurately represents the emotional tidal-wave that is his novel. Throughout the course of his sermon, Dyson works to weave moving personal narrative

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    the United States for thousands of years before any colonists had ventured over. Little did they know that the new nation that was going to be forming around them, would severely affect the lives of their descendents. Life before the Trail of Tears but after the arrival of the new Americans was more or less simple for the Cherokees. They spend time hunting and fishing. Some of them even worked on plantations and even own their own slaves, in an effort to accommodate to some of the American

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    The Trail of Tears was a testament to the cruelty and disrespect we showed toward the Native Americans. This paper will show how the United States used its legislative power and brute force to remove the Indian tribes. From the election of Andrew Jackson, and the implementation of the Indian Removal Act. The Creeks, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole and their actions against the removal process. Finally, how the Cherokee used the legal process to fight evacuation of their nation. Andrew Jackson was

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    to be allowed to stay living within the territory. However, with the unconstitutional act and Jackson wanting more land, the loyal tribes had no other option but to leave and encounter the tragedy event known as the Trail of Tears. Along of the journey on the Trail of Tears came ghastly hardships that are defined to be one of the worst human tragedies in history. Therefore, Jackson was not justified in his policy involving the Native Americans due to the tribes being unreasonably forced to moving

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    died on the journey. It was, one Choctaw leader that told an Alabama newspaper, it was a “trail of tears and death.”

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