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See the fact file below for more information on Trail of Tears or alternatively, you can download our BUMPER 35 page comprehensive worksheet packΒ to utilise within the classroom or home environment.
- The forced relocation of American Indians began with the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
- In 1838, the Cherokee Indians became the fifth major tribe to experience forced relocation to Indian Territory. The Cherokee Nation moved from its ancestral homeland in parts of North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama to land set aside for them in what is now the state of Oklahoma.
- More than 15,000 Cherokee Indians were removed by the U.S. Army.
- The Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole tribes were the other tribes that were forced to relocate. Over 100,000 Native Americans from the five tribes were forced to move.
- These people were held in concentration-like camps through the summer, then they were then forced to travel over 1,000 miles, under very hard conditions to Indian Territory.
- Along the trail, nearly 4,000 Cherokee died of starvation, exposure, or disease.
- The Cherokees came to call this forced move “Nunahi-Duna-Dlo-Hilu-I” or “Trail Where They Cried”.
- The result of the U.S. Government’s American Indian Removal Policy devastated American Indian cultures. The Native Americans had been a strong and vibrant part of North American history , but what the government did to these people is difficult to understand and accept.
- In 1987, Congress passed Public Law 100-192, designating two of the routes taken by the Cherokee people in their removal as a National Historic Trail within the National Trails System. Today, it is best know as “The Trail of Tears”.
- The forced removal of the Indians remains a black mark on American history, and reminds those who desire freedom, that all people deserve a life of liberty regardless of race, religion, or ethnicity.
Trail of Tears Day Worksheets
This is a BUMPER bundle which includes 35 ready-to-use Trail of Tears worksheets that are perfect for students to learnΒ about Trail of Tears which In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson’s Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma
Worksheet Pack 1:
- Trail of Tears Facts
- Testing Comprehension
- Trail Match
- ToT Route I
- ToT Route II
- Describing the Trail I
- Describing the Trail II
- ToT Acrostic
- ToT Commemorative I
- ToT Commemorative II
Worksheet Pack 2:
- Trail of Tears Facts
- The Trail of Tears Word Search
- The Trail of Tears Identification
- Reading Comprehension
- The Trail of Tears Decoding
- Fill in the Blanks
- The Trail of Tears Personal Insight
- The Trail of Tears Organizer
- The Trail of Tears Acrostic
- The Trail of Tears Commemorative
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