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How many survived the Trail of Tears?
It is estimated that of the approximately 16,000 Cherokee who were removed between 1836 and 1839, about 4,000 perished. It is estimated that of the approximately 16,000 Cherokee who were removed between 1836 and 1839, about 4,000 perished.
How was the Trail of Tears illegal?
But Congress passed the removal law in the spring of 1830. The Indian Removal Act offered tribes in the East lands in an area west of the Mississippi (soon to be called “Indian Territory”). The U.S. government promised to compensate the tribes for the property they would have to abandon.
What was the death toll of the trail of Tears?
The final death toll of the Trail of Tears is impossible to verify, says Smithers, he notes that contemporary historians believe that between 4,000 and 8,000 Cherokee perished during the forced removals in 1838 and 1839, as well as 4,000 Choctaw (a third of the entire tribe) and 3,500 Creek Indians.
How did the Cherokee survive the trail of Tears?
A small group of Cherokee people managed to remain in North Carolina, either as a result of an 1819 agreement that enabled them to stay on their land there, or because they hid in the mountains from the U.S. soldiers sent to capture them.
Why was the trail of Tears falsely taught in schools?
In the later part of the 20th century, the “Trail of Tears” was somehow falsely taught in American Public schools as a part of a series of forced displacements of approximately 60,000 Native Americans between 1830 and 1850 by the United States government known as the Indian removal.
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