Major Event- Trail of tears

In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal policy, the cherokee nation was forced to move from the east side of the Mississippi river and migrate to an era where the present Oklahoma is. The cherokee called this migration “The Trail Of Tears” because  f its devastating effects. During the migration they faced hunger, diseases, and exhaustion on a forced march. Over 4,000 out of 15,000 of the cherokee’s died.