Social Sciences and History / Unit 1 SSH 0029 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Indian Removal
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The idea
The Indian Removal Act of eighteen thirty ordered the Five Civilized Tribes out of the Southeast. The Supreme Court ruled for the Cherokee; the ruling gave no protection, and the army removed them.
In practice
The Trail of Tears, the route to present-day Oklahoma.
Where people slip
The anchor ties the policy to popular contempt for native peoples; the course states the record, a forced march.
Your place on the trail
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