Question

Why were the Cherokee forcefully removed from their lands during the Trail of Tears?

A. The Cherokee Nation sided with the British during the Revolutionary War.

B. The Cherokee Nation sided with the Confederacy during the Civil War.

C. American settlers wanted Cherokee land and resources and took them.

D. British settlers wanted Cherokee land and resources and took them.

Answer 1

Answer:

Working on behalf of white settlers who wanted to grow cotton on the Indians' land, the federal government forced them to leave their homelands and walk hundreds of miles to a specially designated “Indian territory” across the Mississippi River.

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