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Why was the migration of the Cherokee called the Trail of Tears?

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The Trail of Tears was the forced migration of the Cherokee Native Americans from their lands east of the Mississippi to an area in present-day Oklahoma. It is called the Trail of Tears because of the effects it had on the Cherokee tribe.

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Answer:because so many people died on the journey “apex”

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