The Trail of Tears

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The Trail of Tears

• By Dora Russu

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Introduction

• Who the people involved were the Cherokees and
  the other four tribes, the U.S. Government and
  the Federal Troops.
• What The Trail of Tears started because when the
  government sent a new treaty to be signed called
  the Indian act Removal the Cherokees did not
  want to sign it. So that started The Trail of
  Tears.
• When The Trail of Tears started In 1839-1839.
• Where The Cherokees started their journey from
  Georgia and traveled to Oklahoma then they
  settled there.

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History

• On May 23, 1838 Federal troops begin rounding up
  the Cherokees.
• More then 3000 Cherokees died, 1600 in stockades
  About 1600 en route and 800 more died in
  Oklahoma.
• When the Cherokees landed they cleared land,
  built houses, plant crops, and started to
  reestablish themselves.

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Geography

• The Cherokees get ready to leave and find Indian
  Territory.
• 13 groups of Cherokees cross Tennessee Kentucky
  and Illinois. One group reaches the Mississippi
  River.
• Some of the people though, marched through
  Tennessee up to Kentucky, through Illinois to
  Missouri.
• They stopped at Arkansas.

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Civics

• When the Government sent a new Treaty to be
  signed, 15665 Cherokees didnt want to sign the
  Treaty of New Echota. The Cherokee Act of Union
  Unites the Eastern and Western Factions of the
  Cherokee Nation on July 12, 1839.Then the
  Cherokees agreed to meet to begin a new United
  Cherokee Government.

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Economics

• On this journey the Cherokees didnt have
  anything to eat or dress with so they fur traded.
  So if they didnt have any food they would trade
  the fur for it. If they didnt have anything to
  dress with like in the winter then they would
  trade the food for it.

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Conclusion

• We have to be ready for everything because we
  dont know when this might happen to us.