TRAIL OF TEARS

Title: TRAIL OF TEARS
Category: History | Words: 1004 | Pages: 4.3 (approximately 235 words/page)

TRAIL OF TEARS

Trail of Tears, was it unjust and inhumane? What happened to the Cherokee during that long and treacherous journey? They were brave and listened to the government, but they recieved unproductive land and lost their tribal land. The white settlers were already emigrating to the Union, or America. The East coast was burdened with new settlers and becoming vastly populated. President Andrew Jackson and the government had to find a way to move people to …showed first 75 words of 1004 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1004 total…in more than 30 states in the United States. Now the Cherokee Nation is under control of the first woman chief. In November 1983 Wilma Mankiller was elected to the office of the Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee survived the hardships of the Trail of Tears and the loss of their loved ones and all that belonged to them. Their population continues to grow inspite of the immense number of tribal members that were lost during this era.

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