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Trail of Tears
The Cherokee nation was located in Georgia. Settlers needed more room and they wanted to expand into Georgia. There was also gold in Georgia which made the US want to remove the Cherokee tribe too. Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act in 1838 and the Cherokees had to flee Georgia and go to Oklahoma. This move is known as the Trail of Tears. -
Trail of Death
The Indian Removal Act made all Native Americans living east of the Mississippi River leave and go west. Two Potawatomi brothers signed a treaty that gave up all of the tribe's land in Illinois and Indiana, John Tipton of Indiana was charge of gathering the Native Americans and leading them to Kansas. Over 40 people died.
