Question

10. (05.02 MC)

The Supreme Court deemed the Cherokee an independent nation. Why were the Cherokee forced onto the Trail of Tears?
They wanted to get the better land offered to them in the West.
A few leaders signed a removal treaty with the U.S. government.
Their land was purchased by the State of Georgia for a small sum.
They decided to leave anyway to avoid further fights with white settlers.

Answer 1

In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects.