History of the United States I / Unit 10 USH1 1396 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Trail of Tears
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The idea
Approximately fifteen thousand Cherokee were forcibly relocated under military escort, and deaths are estimated at four thousand.
In practice
The army evicting them from their land in eighteen thirty-eight.
Where people slip
The anchor gives no departure or arrival dates and this course supplies none. The eviction year comes from a witness.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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