Trail of Tears
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The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation in the 1830s of tens of thousands of Native Americans, primarily the Cherokee, from their ancestral homelands in the southeastern United States to designated Indian Territory, resulting in immense suffering and a high death toll.
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Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ethnic cleansing
→
forced relocation → historical event → |
| appliesToEthnicGroup |
Cherokee Nation
→
Chickasaw → Choctaw → Muscogee (Creek) → Seminole → “Five Civilized Tribes” → |
| authorizedBy |
President Andrew Jackson
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| carriedOutBy |
United States Army
→
state militias → |
| commemoratedBy |
Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
→
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| country |
United States
→
|
| endTime |
late 1830s
→
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| follows |
Worcester v. Georgia decision
→
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| hasCause |
Indian Removal Act of 1830
→
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| hasEffect |
cultural disruption
→
high mortality → land seizure by the United States → loss of ancestral homelands → mass displacement of Native Americans → population decline → psychological trauma → |
| hasHistoricalPeriod |
19th century
→
Jacksonian era → |
| legislatedBy |
United States Congress
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| location |
Indian Territory
→
present-day Oklahoma → southeastern United States → |
| mainSubject |
Cherokee removal
→
|
| numberOfDeaths |
approximately 4,000 Cherokee
→
thousands of Native Americans → |
| numberOfVictims |
approximately 16,000 Cherokee removed
→
tens of thousands of Native Americans → |
| opposedBy |
Cherokee Nation
→
Principal Chief John Ross → |
| partOf |
Indian removal
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|
| precededBy |
Treaty of New Echota
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| reason |
U.S. desire for Native American lands
→
discovery of gold on Cherokee land → expansion of cotton agriculture → |
| rememberedFor |
death marches
→
immense suffering → |
| route |
overland routes through Arkansas
→
overland routes through Illinois → overland routes through Kentucky → overland routes through Missouri → overland routes through Tennessee → water routes along the Mississippi River → |
| startTime |
1830s
→
1831 → |
Referenced by (20)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Creek (Muscogee) Nation
("Trail of Tears era removals")
→
Fort Payne ("Cherokee removal (Trail of Tears)") → Native Americans → Native Americans ("Long Walk of the Navajo") → |
historicalEvent |
|
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
→
Creek War of 1836 → Georgia Gold Rush → Worcester v. Georgia → |
relatedTo |
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Cherokee Nation (historical)
→
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associatedWithEvent |
|
Choctaw Nation
→
|
forcedRelocation |
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Cherokee Nation (historical)
→
|
forcedRemoval |
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Jacksonian era
→
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hasPart |
|
Southeastern Woodlands
→
|
impactedBy |
|
Indian Removal policy of the United States
→
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keyEvent |
|
Trail of Tears
("Cherokee removal")
→
|
mainSubject |
|
Cherokee Nation
→
|
notableHistoricEvent |
|
Winfield Scott
→
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participantIn |
|
Indian Removal policy of the United States
→
|
result |
|
Indian Territory
→
|
significantEvent |
|
Creek (Muscogee)
→
|
wasSubjectOf |