CHAPTER 9: THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN SOCIETY, …

In 1839, the Indians were forcibly removed to the new Indian territory in what is now Oklahoma. This became known as the Trail of Tears. Possibly 8,000 died during this journey or shortly thereafter – about 1/3 of the Cherokee nation. Indians living in the Northwest Territory didn’t fare better. A series of treaties extinguished their land ... ................
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