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Jumbled facts: __The Cherokee lived in the western part of Tennesse, the eastern part of Geogia, and the northern part of Alabama.__ __The southern settlers were moving into the land of the 5 major Indian tribes - theCherokee, Creek, Chikasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole.__ __Time 1830's through 1840's. About how many people afected: 20,000. The Cherokee wrote a news paper called the Phoenix.__ __In 1830, President Jackson encouraged congress to pass the INDIAN REMOVAL ACT, the Indains would be moved to the INDAIN TERRITORY now known as Oklahoma.__ __In 1838 President Martin Van Buren orderd US soldiers to force the Cherokee to leave their land. The 800-mile journey was so terrible it became known as the Trail of Tears.__ __A soldier named john burnett never forgot what he saw on the trail of tears: "I saw the helpless Cherokees__ __arrested and dragged from their homes ... I saw them loaded like cattle or sheep into six hundred and forty-five__ __wagons and started towerd the west."__ __By 1839 the trail of tears had ended. Of the 20,000 Cherokee that started the journey as many as one-fourth__ __did not survive the trip. Many died from disease or bad weather__. __Oklahoma: The Cherokee went on the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma and when they got there in the winter of 1839 1/4th of the Cherokee had already died, that winter about fifty more died from lack of food because it was winter and they had no crops.__ Why the Cherokee left (introduce who the Cherokee are!) //Who are they???//__The Cherokee are a tribe of Native Americans who lived in the western part of Tennessee,__ __the eastern part of Georgia, and the northern part of Alabama.__ //Why didn't they want to leave?// __They didn't want to leave because their tribe had lived there for a long //time// and they had their houses built, their crops planted, and they had good land to hunt on.__ //Where did they live???// __The Cherokee lived in the western part of Tennessee, the eastern part of Georgia, and the northern part of Alabama.__ //Where were they going? WHY DID THEY HAVE TO LEAVE??// In 1830, President Jackson encouraged congress to pass the INDIAN REMOVAL ACT, the Indians would be moved to the INDIAN TERRITORY now known as Oklahoma. //When did all this happen?// __Time 1830's through 1840's.__ //How did they get there?// In 1838 President Martin Van Buren orderd US soldiers to force the Cherokee to leave their land. The 800-mile journey was so terrible it became known as the Trail of Tears. //How many people were impacted//? About 20,000 people. President Jackson said "Mr. Marshall has made his decision now let him enforce it!