Native American Removal · US History

Which Native American nation was most closely associated with the Trail of Tears?

  1. Cherokee
  2. Iroquois
  3. Nez Perce
  4. Lakota
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Correct answer: Cherokee

The Cherokee were forcibly removed from their homeland in the Southeast to Indian Territory in the late 1830s. This forced migration became known as the Trail of Tears because of the suffering and deaths along the journey.

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