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Trail of Tears

  1. The route along which the United States government forced several tribes of Native Americans , including the Cherokees , Seminoles , Chickasaws, Choctaws, and Creeks, to migrate to reservations west of the Mississippi River in the 1820s, 1830s, and 1840s. Those on the march suffered greatly from disease and mistreatment.


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