TRAIL OF TEARS

THE TRIBES MOVED

• Andrew Jackson moved five tribes out of The Louisiana Territory to Oklahoma
• Choctaws, Seminoles, Creek, Chickasaw, Cherokee.

BEFORE THE WALK

• The soldiers gave every tribe a ethnic cleaning
• They gave the indians very little supplies for the long trip
• The weather conditions were cold with snow in the heart of winter

DEATHS

• About 16,000 Indians died on the horrible trip
• Ones that did survive, had nothing, or were hurt or sick.
• This was a miserable experience

AFTERMATH

• The indian tribes did not know how to farm in the new land
• They had to rebuild an entire village again
• They then would have to continue to move West when U.S. got bigger and richer

ANDREW JACKSON

• Jackson would sell the land to gamblers who gambled for the land